Finding the Narrow Way

Where Is This Way and Why Is it So Narrow?

“…Narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be who find it” (Matthew 7:14).

If we have spent much time in the woods we have undoubtedly come across a path left by those that had preceded us. We know that the wider the path the more traveled it has been by those that have come before us. The narrow path, or way, has been less traveled. The reason may be that it was not easy to find. Spiritually, if we take this less traveled path we will see where it will lead and why it is no traveled more.

Jesus said, “I am the Way.” He is the less-traveled path we come across in our journey through life. We have a choice to follow this way though less traveled, or choose a wider more traveled path. Most in the world today are on this wider path with the seeming safety of knowing that many others have chosen it in the past. This error in judgment will lead many to Hell. The less traveled way is the way of the Cross. Our introductory verse, the very words of Jesus, tells us that few find this way. Many want to know that they are on a well-traveled path and go this way following those that have come before them.

It is a way that seems right to the natural man. After all, most in this world would say that they try their best to live a good life, and because of this “good life,” if they do believe in Heaven, they expect to go there. They are traveling on the wide path and the Bible tells us that that leads to destruction.

“For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat” (Matthew 7:13).

Why is this their end. Many have tried to live life honorably. Shouldn’t the good they have done afford them a place in Heaven? Many have gone this way living “good” lives expecting to receive from the Lord for the good they’ve done. The Bible makes it clear. “There is none righteous, no, not one.” We have a fallen nature and we are unable to live a life pleasing to the Lord. Sin is the problem. Due to the Fall in the Garden when Adam and Eve sinned against the Lord; all that came after them are born with a sin nature. So the question looms large for those who do not know this way; Where is this narrow way and how do we find it?

Jesus has told us that He is the “Way.” The only way! We are without hope if we are trusting in ourselves and our own efforts before a Holy and Righteous God. The Father saw our hopeless condition, and in His great love for us sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to pay the sin debt that we might be forgiven and be brought into the family of God.

This life is all about choosing the right path, or way. When we come across and choose the narrow path that not many have chosen to walk on, we can know that we have chosen the right path and the Lord will be with us and guide us. We can know that we are on the right path because though narrow, it is well marked with the Blood of the Lamb that paid the price that we might come this way. So, where is this way and why is it so narrow. We find it by looking to the Cross and the price Jesus paid there for us. It is the narrow way because Jesus is the only way to God.

If you haven’t come this way, won’t you seek out this path today! There are blessings untold if we choose to go the Lord’s way. Those who have come this way down through the years would tell you that what they have found is forgiveness, mercy and grace, and “joy unspeakable and full of Glory.”

“You have made known Me the ways of Life; You will make me full of joy in Your Presence” (Acts 2:28)

Jesus went before us. He laid down His Life’s Blood along this path to show us the Way. This narrow way we are to walk resulted in His Resurrection, and as we stay on this path, will result in ours.

Always Remember,

God Loves You!

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