The road less travelled. The narrow path.

It was a cost that had to be counted. It was a road that had to be walked alone. More than eighteen years ago, I began the web-sight of “A Call to the Remnant,” knowing full well that such a path would not be popular. Yet the Lord impressed upon me to speak to the remnant, encourage them that they are not alone, and do not concern yourself with those who are drawn to personalities or positions of influence. To speak of suffering and endurance. To focus on taking up one’s cross daily. None of these subjects were or are popular.

In every sphere of life, even within the realms of revival and now the so-called “remnant movement,” there is the ever-present temptation to be seen as a leader. This must be resisted at all costs. For the call of Christ is not to innovate or to gather followers, but to return. To return to the old paths, to rediscover what has been forsaken, not to reimagine or redesign it.

“Thus says the Lord, ‘Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it, then you will find rest for your souls'” (Jeremiah 6:16).

Ours is the ancient path. It is the road of the cross, the way of dying daily, of fellowshipping in His sufferings. It is not the road of crowds and applause, but of quiet obedience and sacred obscurity. It is not about drawing attention to ourselves, but rather retreating to the mountains where only the Father sees.

“Then Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God” (Luke 6:12).

Jesus did not seek the multitude. In fact, when the crowds pressed in, He often withdrew. He did not entrust Himself to men, for He knew what was in them. He was not flattered by popularity, nor swayed by numbers.

“But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men, and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man” (John 2:24–25).

To take up the cross is to refuse the limelight. It is to prefer the valley of humility to the heights of acclaim. It is to labor for an unseen Kingdom, to speak to the few who are willing to walk the narrow way.

“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me” (Luke 9:23).

“Enter by the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Matthew 7:13–14).

To be unknown in this world, and yet known in heaven, this is our portion. We abide under the shadow of His wing. The world may not understand us, but the Spirit bears witness that we are His.

“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91:1).

We are not called to build movements. We are not called to replicate the machinery of men. We are called to bear witness. We are called to walk in truth and in love, to speak to the few, the weary, the broken, the ones who hunger and thirst for righteousness.

“Let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach” (Hebrews 13:13).
“For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:5–6).

This is the way of the wilderness. This is the way of the cross. It is not the world’s way, the path of influence and comfort, but the Lord’s way,the narrow way. It is the road that leads to life.