Entering through the Narrow Door

Entering through the Narrow Door
Luke 13.22-30

I sat in the airport for two hours, waiting for my onward flight. I had come in to New York on a flight from England, and I was tired and eager to catch the connection to Washington, to get to where I was staying, and to rest for the night. Finally the small plane began to board. My seat had been confirmed, and I knew it was near the plane door; so I waited until almost everyone had got on.

As I approached the gate, to my horror the attendant shut it in my face. He apologized profusely, and said he hated this part of his job. Due to some obscure regulation, he said, this flight only allowed a certain number of people on board, and that number was already seated. What about my confirmed seat, I asked, showing him the ticket, which he himself had stamped as valid some while before. ‘Yes, ’he said, ‘I know how you must feel. I am so sorry.’...

Taken from Luke for Everyone – by Tom Wright