Jesus taught that the Christian life is not easy. He used a path as a metaphore for the life of His followers. He said that the path to destruction was easy because it is wide, but the path to life is hard because it is narrow (Matthew 7:13-14)
Some may look down that narrow path and think to themselves that the path is too hard, the terrain is too rough and seemingly up hill most of the way. But for those who are in Christ, this is not so. True, it is not easy, but we have a lot of help (John 16:33).
Jesus promised that if we come to Him, He will give us rest. He will put His yoke on us and gently guide us on our way(Matthew 11:27-30). Some of us make it hard on ourselves, though. We sometimes pull that yoke off and try to do it ourselves rather than trusting in Christ Jesus to guide our lives. Then, because He loves us, He uses the oxgoad to get us back on the path and, being stubborn, we kick against it (Acts 26:12-14) thinking we know better (Proverbs 14:12-16).
Our wise Father will not let us stray from the path for very long. He will bring us back again and again (Hosea 1-2).
When we repent and put our focus on Christ, we find that the narrow way becomes a little easier because we are abiding in Christ, He is carrying us (John 16:33 Colossians 3:1-3). The path has disappeared. Christ Jesus has taken it's place, He is the Way (John 14:1-7).
God is AWESOME!
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The path has disappeared, Jesus has taken its place because Jesus is the way!!! Love that bro!!
Praise God!
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