TWO ROADS

 

TWO ROADS

Matt. 7:13-14 You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose the easy way. But the gateway to life is small, and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it.

The most popular is broad and most people travel on it. These are people who are attached to the world and its offerings. They buy into the lie that whatever the world offers can make your life better, easier, and happier. These are people who live for today with little concern for tomorrow. They buy into the lie that we need to live, eat, and be merry for tomorrow we die. They grab all the gusto out of life they can with the delusional dream that it will last. They think that there will be no consequences for how they live in the present. They think they are drinking from the fountain of youth and will never die. These are people who are crowd followers and people pleasers. They are far more concerned about what others think than what God thinks.

The least traveled road is narrow and few travel on it. Few travel on it because most want an easy life, they want an easy road to heaven. The road to heaven is anything but easy, and most people are not committed enough to walk by faith. The road to heaven is not easy because it requires a lifetime of perseverance. One will have many bumps on the road and it has many ups and downs all along the way. The least traveled road has few traveling on it because it requires us to be changed and change. It requires us to let go of sinful pleasures and seek to live to please God instead of ourselves.

There are only two roads. The broad road leads us to hell, the narrow road leads us to heaven. God makes it clear that we must choose which road we will travel on. He also makes it clear that there are consequences we must live with based on our choice. We will reap what we sow. We have guarantee that we will have another opportunity to change our mind and get on the narrow road. Today is the day of salvation. Choose wisely whom you will serve, God or Satan.