The Narrow Way: Walking the Path Few Will Choose

By Hebrew Boy

“Enter in through the narrow gate! Because the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in through it. Because the gate is narrow and the way is hard pressed which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”

— Mattithyahu (Matthew) 7:13–14

Yahusha ha’Mashiach was not offering a soft suggestion. He was warning us. This walk is not casual. It is not comfortable. It is not for the many. He laid out a path that would test every motive, every tradition, and every desire. The path to life is narrow, pressed, and few will find it. This path, the 𐤃𐤓𐤊 (darak) of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, is for those willing to die to self and live in Covenant.

The Most High has never called His people to the broad road. From the beginning, He has called for separation. In Deḇarim (Deuteronomy) 5:32–33, we are instructed, “And you shall guard to do as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Elohim has commanded you. Do not turn aside, to the right or to the left. Walk in all the ways which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Elohim has commanded you, so that you live and it be well with you.” This isn’t a call to spiritual laziness. It is a covenantal charge to walk uprightly in what has already been given.

The narrow path is not modern. It is ancient. It is not created by men. It is rooted in Torah, revealed by the prophets, and walked out by Yahusha. It is the same path our ancestors followed when they came out of Mitsrayim, crossed the Sea of Reeds, and stood trembling at Mount Sinai. There they heard the voice of Elohim. There they entered a covenant of obedience. And there they were told plainly — obedience leads to life, rebellion leads to death.

YirmeYahu (Jeremiah) 6:16 says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and find rest for yourselves.” But the people answered, “We do not walk in it.” This is the tragic pattern of rebellion. The old path is the 𐤃𐤓𐤊 (darak), but most reject it. They prefer a new gospel, a wide road, and a theology that comforts rather than convicts. The same spirit exists today. Many are awakened but not willing to obey. They desire truth but not transformation.

Yahusha did not come to do away with the narrow way. He came to walk it perfectly. He is the Living Word, the walking Torah, and the visible expression of the narrow path. In Yohanan (John) 14:6, He declared, “I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” The word “Way” here directly connects to the path, the 𐤃𐤓𐤊, that Yahuah laid out from the beginning. Yahusha did not come to replace it. He came to restore and fulfill it in flesh and power.

Yahusha kept the Shabbat, honored the Feast Days, ate according to Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 11, and wore tzitzit as commanded in Bamidbar (Numbers) 15:38–40. He was set-apart in all His ways. Even when He was pressed and tested, He chose the will of the Father over the approval of men. In Yohanan 8:29, He says, “I always do what pleases Him.” That is the essence of the narrow walk — complete submission, not selective obedience.

Sha’ul also walked this path. In Ma’aseh (Acts) 24:14, he says, “But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the Elohim of my fathers, believing all that has been written in the Torah and the Nebi’im.” This wasn’t a new religion. It was the ancient 𐤃𐤓𐤊 — the narrow road of obedience, guarded by the scattered remnant. It was rejected by the world then, and it is rejected still.

We live in a generation where the wide gate is decorated with religion. It looks holy, sounds spiritual, and feels powerful. But it is lawless. It denies Torah. It mixes paganism with praise. It celebrates rebellion and calls it grace. Sha’ul warned us in 2 Timotiyos (Timothy) 4:3–4 that a time would come when people would not endure sound teaching, but would gather teachers to tickle their ears and turn away from the truth. That time is now. The broad road has pulpits, choirs, stadiums, and screens, but it lacks obedience.

Those who walk the narrow road will suffer. Yahusha said in Luka (Luke) 14:27, “Whoever does not bear his stake and come after Me is unable to be My taught one.” This walk comes with rejection. You may lose friends, family, reputation, and comfort. But in return, you gain truth, righteousness, and eternal life. The narrow way isn’t a burden. It is a blessing. Every law, every command, every instruction from the Most High is for our good. As Tehillim (Psalms) 119:1 says, “Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the Torah of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.”

When you feel isolated because you keep the Shabbat and not Sunday, remember you are not alone. When you are mocked for rejecting Christmas and choosing Sukkot, remember you are returning to the ancient path. When you are questioned for not eating pork or shrimp, remember you are honoring the Creator’s design. When your garments, your words, and your lifestyle reflect reverence and set-apartness, know that you are walking the same 𐤃𐤓𐤊 as the Mashiach.

This is not the easy way. This is the righteous way. This is the 𐤃𐤓𐤊 that leads to life. Few will find it. But those who do will inherit the promises made to Abraham, Yitsḥaq, and Ya’aqob. They will be regathered. They will be renewed. They will be restored.

So keep walking, even when it hurts. Keep obeying, even when misunderstood. Keep pressing forward, even when the road gets tight. You are not walking in vain. You are walking the narrow way that leads to the Kingdom.

𐤄𐤋𐤌𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.