Walking on the Narrow Path

As we read through the New Testament, we come upon many instances where Jesus uses parables to teach in ways that were very unique to the day. Until this point, many had never experienced this type of teaching and it proved to be an effective method of imparting knowledge to his listeners. A parable is a story that illustrates a moral or religious lesson. During Jesus’s ministry He told many parables such as The Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Good Samaritan, The Rich Fool, Parable of the Mustard Seed, and Parable of the Lost Sheep just to name a few.

Once two men were hiking through the woods. It was beautiful day and they were hiking on the Appalachian Trail through North Carolina. Both were skilled hikers and rather in shape, but one was very motivated to get all he could out of this hike while the other simply wanted to make it through the hike as best he could. The man that wanted to simply wanted to make it through the hike was not motivated to see or experience anything more than what the hike had to offer just on the trail. The other hiker however was willing to take on whatever came his way and to get the most out of the hike he was on.

As the two men hiked, they came upon many rugged trails and hills that were difficult to overcome, however they did it together and kept moving on. The view from the trail was beautiful with many places to stop and admire the view, but they couldn’t seem to get above the canopy of the trees to truly take in the whole view. The man that strove to see the beautiful scenery from an unobstructed viewpoint was trying in every way to get above what was around him to see the true beauty of the mountains.

As the hikers walked along there were many chances to leave the trail and...

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...have to face more. There is truly something to be said for the person that takes the harder path because Jesus did the same thing in His ministry as he walked the earth. He never took the easy road. Just as the author of Matthew wrote, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it (New).” Here the author is saying that it is very easy to walk down the path that is easiest and that most walk down, but it is very difficult to find that narrow path that many choose not to take because of its difficulty. I argue that the path less traveled is the one of more beauty and of more reward because not many have seen it. By walking the narrow path, we also find that the more we walk it, the easier it gets.