The Narrow Way

The world says you have to be either gentle or bold
either soft-hearted or sharp in spirit.
But the Kingdom says:
“You can be both. You must be both.”

Jesus was.

He healed with a whisper
and rebuked storms with a word.
He wept at Lazarus’ tomb
then called a dead man to life.
He washed feet
then flipped tables in the temple.

The same hands that comforted the broken
cast out darkness.

That’s not contradiction.
That’s consecration.
That’s what authority looks like when it’s filled with oil.

Because real authority doesn’t roar from pride
it flows from the secret place.
It’s born in surrender, not ego.

Luke 10:19 says,
“I have given you authority… to overcome all the power of the enemy.”
But Galatians 6:1 says,
“Restore them gently…”

In this move of God,
He’s raising up leaders who know how to war and weep.
How to correct and still cover.
How to set people free
without losing compassion for their chains.

So don’t harden just to be heard.
Don’t soften so much that you stop wielding the sword.
Carry both.
Walk in both.
Release both.

Because the healed voice has power.
And the authoritative voice still needs to heal.

You don’t need to trade gentleness for fire.
Or fire for empathy.
You were made to hold oil in one hand, and a sword in the other.

Tender. Dangerous. Obedient. Uncompromised.

That’s you.
That’s Jesus through you.