The road is narrow and few find it. Jesus was speaking of FATHER’S Perfect Will.
A discrepancy is the state of being in dis-agreement thus creating a variance. We must agree with The Word where there is no variance or exception. What we may not be seeing is that there are opportunities we have yet to discern.
Father spoke through Jeremiah in chapter 51:
20 “You are My battle-ax and weapons of war:
For with you I will break the nation in pieces;
With you I will destroy kingdoms;
21 With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider;
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;
22 With you also I will break in pieces man and woman;
With you I will break in pieces old and young;
With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
23 With you also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.
24 “And I will repay Babylon
And all the inhabitants of Chaldea
For all the evil they have done
In Zion in your sight,” says the LORD.
Are you prepared to walk in this level of anointing? Will you be aggressive and assertive when required by the anointing? There are times of patience and waiting on THE LORD but there are also times of action without hesitation. The Holy Spirit will direct us in both situations if we agree to be fully led by Him.
Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 22:
1As was His custom, Jesus continued to teach the people by using allegories. 2He illustrated the reality of Heaven’s Kingdom realm by saying, “There once was a King who arranged an extravagant wedding feast for His Son. 3On the day the festivities were set to begin, He sent His servants to summon all the invited guests, but they chose not to come. 4So the Hing sent even more servants to inform the invited guests, saying, ‘Come, for the sumptuous feast is now ready! The oxen and fattened cattle have been killed and everything is prepared, so come! Come to the wedding feast for My Son and His bride!’
We have been invited to be among those chosen in Father’s wedding. It is our choice whether we be included or excluded.
5“But the invited guests were not impressed. One was preoccupied with his business; another went off to his farming enterprise. 6And the rest seized the King’s messengers and shamefully mistreated them, and even killed them. 7This infuriated the King! So He sent His soldiers to execute those murderers and had their city burned to the ground.
Father’s judgment will be swift for those who reject His invitation. They will not be able to claim ignorance for the whole earth testifies of Him. They chose to turn a blind eye.
8“Then the king said to His servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, yet those who had been invited to attend didn’t deserve the honor. 9Now I want you to go into the streets and alleyways and invite anyone and everyone you find to come and enjoy the wedding feast in honor of My Son.’
Clearly, those who attend church may not “deserve the honor” of attending the feast. Father sent His servants to the streets to find attendees. This is a warning!
10“So the servants went out into the city streets and invited everyone to come to the wedding feast, good and bad alike, until the banquet hall was crammed with people! 11Now, when the King entered the banquet hall, He looked with glee over all His guests. But then He noticed a guest who was not wearing the wedding robe provided for Him. 12So He said, ‘My friend, how is it that you’re here and you’re not wearing your wedding garment?’ But the man was speechless.
Those invited to come from the streets had no opportunity to buy wedding clothes. This wedding robe is a picture of the garment of righteousness that grace provides for us. The man without the wedding garment had one provided, but he didn’t want to change into new clothes. A change is necessary, for our King provides garments of white linen for us to wear, our wedding garments. See Isa. 52:1; Rev. 19:8.
13“Then the King turned to His servants and said, ‘Tie him up and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be great sorrow, with weeping and grinding of teeth.’ 14For everyone is invited to enter in, but few respond in excellence.”
What does it mean to walk in excellence? We are to walk in righteousness and be led by The Holy Spirit in all areas. We must be willing to fully die to the flesh and no longer allow ourselves to be drawn to the world’s enticements. As a side note, if you are hoarding anything (including finances), you are oriented to scarcity and should redirect your focus to what Jesus spoke in Matthew 6:33. It is easy to move back to the scarcity mentality if we pay attention to the world’s narrative.
Let excellence be our mandate.