The Path
Matthew 7:14
“14For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”
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I’m not gonna lie, being a Christ follower is hard. When Jesus said to pick up your cross daily, I don’t think He was talking about a necklace around our neck… It has to be more than that. This roller-coaster of a life is incredibly…incredible. There are days that seem to be the best days of life, then the tomorrow that follows becomes the complete opposite.
I can see why people may sway away from this, even why people may fall away. If it was easy we wouldn’t need Jesus. But truly, we will remain in circulation if we do not find hope. For me, Jesus has become my only hope. After numerous relationships that have led to the dumps, trials and adversities in the workplaces, a broken home, opportunities that seemed grandeur… all I wanted at the end of the day was to do the Jesus pleasing thing. It may be the fear of God in me that if I choose the wrong path, I will be led away from God, but I question that. His word says that “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Even if I make the wrong decisions, which I have and will continue to make, my God is the Redeemer. Neither death nor life can separate us from the love of God. Truly we are all blessed with the opportunity of even the chance to getting to know Him. He knocks on the doors of hearts… waiting for us to answer.
Yes this lifestyle is tough one end says, don’t hangout with “those people,” the other says I don’t need your God thing(not even mentioning the word ‘god’ once). Following Jesus is difficult, He was known as “a friend of sinners.” Yet this same Jesus could not have sinned. How did He stay with in bounds yet hangout with those that were living an opposite lifestyle… He must’ve seen something greater, He knew that from the get go, these were the people that needed to be saved.
I’m not perfect, I thank Jesus that He is… for if it weren’t for Him I would still be left in circulation, no life progression into reaching plans that He has for me. It is a difficult road, but at the end of the day it is worth it. I have been equipped with forgiveness and grace that if I am to mess up, He just tells me to get back up…
