A Narrow Place

Bible Reading Today: Numbers 21-22

Numbers 22:26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

There are so many things which compete for our attention every day. The right hand & left both have a handful of things that require our time, effort & focus...but we can't forget God in the process of it all! This is one thing I for sure have to work on & prioritize consciously each day...and I have a lot of improvements I'd like to make to insure my time with God is protected! That's because God will prepare us for the things to come! Sometimes though, we need to be brought to a narrow place to get back on the straight & narrow path again...a place which doesn't have much room on the right or left to distract us-just like it states in the Scripture above! Balaam was riding his donkey, ignoring the direction of The Lord, and so he was constantly re-directed until he finally had to just come to a narrow place where he could no longer make a wrong turn! Have we ever been to a point like that? Where it seemed God was trying to make something so obvious to us? Balaam finally ended up listening to God, and so we need to be sure to finally listen to God when He brings us to that narrow place of focus upon Him alone! That's because He leads us back to that straight & narrow path which leads to Heaven! "because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Matthew 7:14