The Narrow Way

You’ve always known it, haven’t you?
There was something different about you.
You never quite fit in.
You never could fully blend.
And the places that welcomed everyone else somehow always felt cold to you.

But it wasn’t rejection.
It was protection.
It wasn’t abandonment.
It was alignment.
God wasn’t pushing you out—He was pulling you apart.

Because the ones He uses deeply,
He sets apart completely.

Jeremiah 1:5 says,
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.”

That word—knew—
means He saw you before anyone else did.
And set apart means He marked you before you ever had a platform, a plan, or a name.

Being set apart means walking the narrow road.
It means saying no when others say yes.
It means silence when you’d rather speak,
stillness when you’d rather run.

But here’s the beauty—
God sets apart what He plans to fill with glory.

He didn’t save you to be common.
He didn’t anoint you to stay comfortable.
He called you to be a dwelling place for presence.

So if you’ve lost friendships,
if doors closed that made no sense,
if the spotlight passed you over—
don’t grieve it too long.

Because every separation was making space for consecration.
Every detour was delivering you from distraction.
Every “no” was securing your yes to Him.

And hear this clearly:
You are not too holy.
You are not too intense.
You are not too much.

You are His.

Set apart.
Set in place.
Set on fire.

So don’t go back to what God called you out of.
Don’t downplay your depth to make others comfortable.
Don’t shrink to fit into places God had to break to free you from.

Stay set apart.
Stay anchored.
Stay yielded.

And while others are chasing platforms,
You’ll be carrying presence.