The Easy Path or the Rocky Road?

“…quit you like men, be strong.” —1 Cor. 16:13

We must remember that it is not in any easy or self-indulgent life that Christ will lead us to win the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.  The easy life leads not upward, but downward. Heaven always is above us and we must ever be looking up toward it.

There are some people who always avoid things that are costly; that require self-denial, or self-restraint and sacrifice.  But toil, temperance, discipline, and striving show us the only way to winning the race (1 Cor. 9:24-27).

Reaching the mountain top comes not by having a mossy path through the meadow, but by diligently climbing a rocky road with the help of God.