Morning by Morning, September 8, 2025 – The Narrow Way
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Lead me in the narrow way of Your will on my walk of faith in You today. ...
“Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few” (Matthew 7:13-14).
Or in the words of The Message version of this Passage:
“Don’t look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Don’t fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires total attention.”
My walk of faith with You can’t be a shortcut; it’s planned by You to be a long and winding journey, full of challenging and unexpected turns, with places to rest in You and refocus on You all along the way. It’s not just getting by with the least amount of time and attention I allow around the margins of my day; it’s letting Your will be the center of my focus. It’s not just choosing to be Your disciple when it’s convenient or painless or easy; it’s committing to see You as my “All in All” where “Christ is all” (Colossians 3:11). It’s coming to the place in my heart, the place in my perspective of life that “(I) have died, and (my) life is hidden with Christ in God.” (Colossians 3:3).
Choosing the narrow way, going through the narrow gate, is knowing and embracing the Truth that I have been “bought with a price” and I am “no longer (my) own” so that my heart is Your home and my body is Your temple (1 Corinthians 6:19). It’s setting my sights on the destiny of my spiritual journey of seeking to grow in spiritual maturity every day and every step of the way (Ephesians 4:11), even when—and maybe even especially when—I stumble or fall or get off the trail, but am desiring for You to lift me up and dust me off and get me back on the path of the narrow way You set before me each day.
The narrow way is desiring to be able to say of a truth one day, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).
That’s not the wide gate; that’s the narrow gate. That not the wide way; that’s the narrow way. But by the power of the grace of God at work within me, that’s the way I choose, because I know this is Your will for me to choose this way. I can’t even desire it apart from You, much less do it apart from You. And I thank You that I don’t have to, because You are the One who gives me both the desire and the power to do what pleases You in choosing and walking this narrow way (Philippians 2:13). Apart from You, I can do nothing (John 15:5). And by the mercy and grace of God, I never have to be apart from You, for You are with me “always” (Matthew 28:20).
The simple truth You’re reaffirming in my heart this morning is simply this: When I truly choose to surrender my life and the moments of my day to Your will, trusting You to not only be my Savior but also my Lord, I’m choosing the Narrow Way because I’m choosing You, for You are “the Way”—“the Way and the Truth and the Life” (John 14:6).
I know I have far to go on this journey toward spiritual maturity. But given what I know, what You’ve shown me and taught me and empowered me to desire for my walk of faith on this journey with You, there is no other way for me that will be truly fulfilling in my life but to follow You and embrace the narrow way You set before me each day. I know You will be faithful to bring to completion the good work You have begun in me (Philippians 1:6). In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be empowered with the desire and the power to choose the narrow way every day as a true disciple of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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