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Narrow Door Cafe Today's Devotional Read: Luke 13:22–30 Bible in a Year: 2 Chronicles 4–6; John :24–42 Make every effort enter through the narrow door. Luke 13:24 Croissants, dumplings, pork curry, and all sorts of scrumptious food await those find and enter the Narrow Door Cafe. Located in the Taiwanese city of Tainan, this cafe is literally a hole in the wall. Its entrance is barely forty centimeters wide (less than sixteen inches)—just enough for the average person squeeze his way through! Yet, despite the challenge, this unique cafe has attracted large crowds. Will this be true of the narrow door described in Luke 13:22–30? Someone asked Jesus, “Are a few people going be saved?” (v. 23). In reply, Jesus challenged the person “make every effort enter through the narrow door” God’s kingdom (v. 24). He was essentially asking, “Will the saved include you?” Jesus used this analogy urge the Jews not be presumptuous. Many of them believed they’d be included in God’s kingdom because they were Abraham’s descendants or because they kept the law. But Jesus challenged them respond Him before “the owner of the house . . . closes the door” (v. 25). Neither our family background nor our deeds can make us right with God. faith in Jesus can save us from sin and death (Ephesians 2:8–9; Titus 3:5–7). The door is narrow, but it’s wide open all will put their faith in Jesus. He’s inviting us today to seize the opportunity to enter through the narrow door to His kingdom. How can you confidence you’ll enter through the narrow door and be assured of eternal life with Jesus? Why is this decision so important? Jesus, thank You for inviting me into Your kingdom. I believe You came to die for me and You rose from the grave. Come into my life and be my Savior. 
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