The Narrow Way

There’s a kind of love that changes everything.
Not a feeling.
Not an emotion.
But a first love,
The kind that wrecks you and remakes you in the same breath.
The kind that makes you drop your agenda,
leave your nets,
and say, “You can have my whole life.”

That’s where it began.
And if we’re honest… that’s what we need to come back to.

Because sometimes in the middle of ministry,
in the rhythm of routine,
in the pressure to keep moving,
we forget why we started.

We forget the moments when His whisper was enough.
When just being with Him meant more than anything else.
When the secret place was our sanctuary,
Not our obligation.

And yet, Jesus speaks gently, like He did to the church in Revelation:
“I know your works… Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.”
(Revelation 2:2–4)

He sees the effort.
He sees the endurance.
He sees the fire we try to keep going.
But more than anything, He misses our love.

He doesn’t just want our service.
He wants our hearts.
He doesn’t just want our discipline.
He wants our devotion.

And He’s not asking us to earn His presence.
He’s asking us to return to it.

To sit with Him again.
To let silence be sacred.
To let tears fall without rushing.
To read His Word not for a message, but for intimacy.
To remember what it felt like when we first realized, He chose us.

That’s the love that awakens everything.
That’s the love that keeps the fire burning.
That’s the love that sustains obedience and revives wonder.

And the beautiful thing is,
We don’t have to climb our way back.
We just have to turn.

He’s already waiting.
Always has been.

So if your love has grown cold,
If your heart has wandered,
If you’ve traded intimacy for industry,
Just whisper:
“Take me back.”

Take me back to the place where I first believed.
Back to the wonder.
Back to the nearness.
Back to the simplicity of loving You more than anything else.

Because everything else flows from this:
First love.
Holy love.
The kind that says,
“If I have You, I have everything.”