The Narrow Way

There’s a war for your heart.
Not just your calling.
Not just your anointing.
But your tenderness.

Because in a world that praises cold ambition,
loud opinions,
and self-preservation,
it’s considered dangerous to be soft.

But Jesus was.

He was never numb.
He wept.
He listened.
He let His heart break for the broken.

And that kind of tenderness?
It’s not weakness.
It’s divine power restrained by love.

Ezekiel 36:26 says,
“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you;
I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”

You don’t have to harden to survive.
You don’t have to become like them to protect yourself.
You don’t have to shut down your heart to fulfill your calling.

You can be soft and strong.
Kind and called.
Loving and lethal to the kingdom of darkness.

Because bitterness may feel safer,
but it’s a slow death.
It numbs your joy,
clouds your vision,
and eventually silences your voice.

But tenderness,
tenderness lets you feel God again.

You want revival?
Start with a soft heart.
You want to lead well?
Guard your tenderness like it’s treasure.

Because the pure in heart,
they see God.
And the world is desperate for leaders who still see Him.

So cry when it hurts.
Pray when it burns.
Keep showing up with gentleness when the world expects rage.

Stay soft.
Stay holy.
Stay His.

Because in the end,
you won’t be remembered for how loud you roared,
but for how deeply you loved.