Matthew 7:13,14 Which Way to Go
“Don’t look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Don’t fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires total attention” (MSG).
The poem, “The Road Not Taken,” is also applicable to the Scripture above. The most quoted verse of the poem is: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”
That also makes all the difference in the Scripture above, and that difference becomes obvious and all important at death. I can tell Robert Frost where the road well travelled ends, and where the less-travelled road ends. But I think I will let Matthew 7:13,14 do the telling. “The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires total attention.” Salvation itself is an easy step, accept Jesus Christ as Savior, and speak that aloud, and you have been saved. But those who wish a full and rewarding Christian life pursue Christ vigorously through reading the Bible, prayer, fellowship with fellow Christians, and listening to teaching from God’s chosen ministers. Do it. The rewards are well worth the effort.
One last note for those who have already accepted Jesus Christ as Savior—we have a responsibility to spread the good news of Jesus Christ. The time has come to make the “less-travelled” road the road of choice for our friends, families, neighbors, and even those we don’t like until it becomes the “very well-travelled” road. Check it out in Mattherw 28:19,20.