Normal is not coming back. Jesus is.
Lemmings are useless, but they sure are cute.
We have a deep-seated human glitch: we choose what is familiar over what is true, and what is comfortable over what is transformative. We mistake “socially acceptable” for “necessary.” It turns out we don’t usually reject the truth because it’s a lie; we reject it because it’s expensive. Then, we lie to ourselves about why we rejected it—blaming “relevance” or “complexity”—just to feel better about staying the same.
The Law of Human and Business Inertia: NIMBY.com
In physics, Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist any change in its state of motion. An object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion, unless acted upon by an external force.
Humans are “High Inertia.” We don’t want to change our speed, our direction, or our comfort. The Broad Road is the path of least resistance—it requires zero force to stay on it. You just blend into the crowd and move with the mass.
This is why the Israelites demanded “a king like the other nations.” They didn’t want the “holy friction” of a direct, unpredictable relationship with God; they wanted the predictable, earthly inertia of a human system they could control. They traded a King they couldn’t see for a king they could blame.
The “Cipher” Syndrome: Choosing the Steak
Think of Cipher from The Matrix. The truth was “costly and complex.” He chose to betray his friends just so he could go back into the simulation and “taste the steak.”
Cipher is the patron saint of the Broad Road. He represents the part of us that says:
• “I know this is a lie, but it’s a comfortable lie.”
• “I’d rather be a happy slave to ‘normal’ than a weary soldier for the truth.”
• “I want the ‘steak’ of social approval without the controversy or the cost.”
The Divine Collision
Jesus and the prophets were the ultimate “External Forces.” They didn’t just suggest a new direction; they collided with the status quo.
The prophets were “strange.” Ezekiel baked bread over dung; Isaiah walked barefoot for years; Jeremiah wore a wooden yoke. They weren’t being “eccentric”—they were acting as divine friction against a culture sliding into self-deception.
When Jesus arrived, He didn’t soften the message to keep the crowd. In John 6, He used the “Hard Sayings”—telling the thousands following Him for free bread that they had to “eat His flesh and drink His blood.” He didn’t explain it. He didn’t market it. He let the truth filter out the “steak-eaters.” By the end of the day, the crowd was gone.
The Bottom Line
We are constantly tempted to follow whatever is safe, palatable, and predictable. But the Truth is not a suggestion; it is a collision.
For Ciphers, the cost of reality is just too high. The Narrow Way is for those who are willing to let Jesus “blow up” their inertia—to stop the drift, change the vector, and propel them into a Kingdom that doesn’t care about “blending in.”
Normal is the graveyard of the soul.
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