On The Jericho Road
My dad used to love a song that went,
On the Jericho road, there’s room for just two, no more and no less, just Jesus and you.
As a kid, I knew the lyrics, but I didn’t fully grasp their depth.
The Jericho road was narrow.
Winding.
Dangerous.
The kind of road where you didn’t travel lightly or distracted.
But that line in the song wasn’t just about geography.
It was about discipleship.
It was about a relationship.
I hear people say,
“My church teaches this.”
Or,
“I do this because I’m part of this denomination.”
The church matters.
A faithful pastor is a gift to treasure.
Spiritual community is essential.
But faith is never secondhand.
A pastor can guide me.
The church can encourage me.
My parents can set an example.
None of them can walk it for me.
Sometimes it’s easier to follow the motions
and let tradition carry me without developing my own walk.
But walking with Jesus is personal.
It’s not about an affiliation card.
It’s about knowing the One I am walking with.
When the road gets rough or the path feels lonely,
a borrowed conviction won’t carry me.
Only the ones I’ve wrestled with.
Tested.
Owned.
It’s me and Jesus.
Side by side.
One step at a time.
And just like it was for my dad,
when Jesus and I reach the end of the road,
I want there to be no doubt.
We walked it together.
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