NARROW IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO LIFE
SIS. GERALDINE
In a dream, I was walking with a man, and he took me to a slope, and we were supposed to cross the slope to the other side, but the slope was slipery and muddy, and when I took the first step I slipped and held on to the top of the slope with my hands, supporting myself from falling. but when I looked, the man was not with me anymore, but he was already on the other side and he was telling me to come to him. but when I look down I realized that a deep dark, bottomless pit was separating the slope from the other side, with only a very narrow, broken path connecting the slope to the other side.
Then from afar he told me to let go of my hands that I would slide through the narrow path to him, that I would not fall into the pit. But I refused for i was scared that the path was too narrow and broken and that it would be impossible for me to slide through it without falling, and i kept holding on to the top of the slope, looking at the pit with fear. Then he said to me boldly "THOSE THAT ARE AFRAID, AND REFUSE TO CROSS THROUGH THE NARROW PATH WITH FAITH, WILL FALL. THOSE THAT WANT TO SAVE THEIR LIFE WILL LOSS IT AND THOSE THAT WILL LOSE THEIR LIFE FOR MY SAKE WILL SAVE IT" Luke 9:24. When he said that I felt my self fall into the pit, the feeling was dark and dreadful. As he said those word, I Then knew who the man was, for he was the Lord and i looked at him from the distance and realized he was wearing a very white garment, but I could'nt see his face.
Then I look at the narrow path again, and I realize that it had some cracks and it was very risky to cross without falling out, But he kept telling me to cross it, that I would slide through, but i started to doubt. Then he said " HE THAT DO NOT TRUST ME AND DOUBT WILL FALL" NARROW IS THE WAY THAT LEADS TO LIFE. Mathew 7:14
At this point iwas troubled and scared still holding on to the top of the slope. As I knew I was too scared to cross the narrow path and I didn't want to fall. So I started looking for alternatives, and as I looked to my right I saw a wider path, it was solid and concrete, and it was very wide and felt safer, then I tried to roll off to the other side of the slope so that I can slide through the wider path to him. Then he said to me " IF YOU TRY TO PASS THROUGH THE WIDE PATH YOU WILL FALL INTO THE PIT. THOSE THAT WANT TO FOLLOW ME AND TRY TO COMPROMISE WILL FALL INTO THE PIT, WIDE IS THE PATH THAT LEADS TO DESTRUCTION" Mathew 7:13.
Then as I knew I couldn't come to him, and I was too scared to slide through the narrow path path, I started trying to go back from the slope, and i started to struggle, trying to push myself up and out of the slope, but I couldn't, Then he said " IF YOU TRY TO GO BACK YOU WILL STILL FALL INTO THE PIT. THOSE THAT TRY TO FOLLOW ME AND LOOK BACK ARE NOT FIT FOR MY KINGDOM." Luke 9:62
Then it was like I was brought out from the slope and I found my self in a house, and in the house I felt the lord telling me to write down all those word that he told me in the slope, and I quickly started writting down all the words he said to me.
He made me to understand that many of his people that decide to follow him, can't come to him cause, that was what they did when they got to that slope, some refused to pass through the narrow path, cause they didn't have faith to cross, as it was too narrow. While some doubted that they could cross it, so they refused to. While some didn't want to risk it and they decided to compromise, looking for another wider and easier path. while some, when they saw how narrow the path was, they lose interest in coming to him and decided to turned back. But he said, all those categories of people are not worthy of me, and cannot come to me. Narrow I'd the path that leads to life and wide is the path that leads to destruction. after writing down his words, I woke up.
We should decide to follow Jesus, and not look back, nor look at the other way, not look at the thorns and narrowness of the path, and not doubt. We should trust him, to carry us through the narrow path, and not fear the persecution or the trials that are around us. Many Christian's want to follow the lord or claim that they do, but they don't want the narrow path, they just want to stroll through the gate, without persecutions and trials, being comfortable in their flesh and sin. And when any discomfort comes along the way, they loss hope and run to the other path. But the lord said he "IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY AND FOLLOW ME." Luke 9:23. "FOR HE THAT DO NOT TAKE HIS CROSS AND FOLLOW ME IS NOT WORTHY OF ME." Mathew 10:38.
The Lord didn't say it would be easy, but he said, with him all things are possible, and that he will be with us every step of the way, if we trust him.
Amen and amen. All thanks be unto God.