Which Road Are You Traveling On?

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14)

In Matthew chapters 5 through 7 we read the marvelous teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.  Coming to the end of His teaching, Jesus is calling His listeners to make a very important decision, which road are they going to take.  The wide road which leads to death or the narrow road which leads to life.

This is a question that the entire universe must ponder and answer.  This is a picture of life.  For in reality, life is nothing more than a matter of choosing the right road. Which of the two roads are you traveling on?  Jesus lets us know in this text that we do have an option.  He gives us a description of two roads, one as the narrow gate which allows us entry into the kingdom of God and the other as the wide and broad gate that leads to hell.

My question to every one of us today is, "Which road are we traveling on?"

If we are expected to spend eternity with God the Father in heaven, Jesus advises us to enter the road that leads to the narrow gate.  The narrow gate refers to Jesus.  Jesus Himself declares in John 14:6 that, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”  It is only through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ that we are able to enter God's kingdom.  The wide gate refers to Satan and hell.  It is through the rejection of Jesus that allows one to travel this road and enter hell.

Jesus says the access to the narrow gate will not be easy, but it will be worth it.  The narrow gate allows us access to God's eternal Kingdom.  We must daily attempt to enter the narrow gate like a runner in an athletic race.  We must daily prepare ourselves through prayer and the Word of God.  We must continue to press our way forward and persevere through obstacles, trials and tribulations, knowing that there is a cloud of witnesses that have gone on before us who are cheering us on to the finish line during this Christian journey.

Which of the two gates are you currently traveling?

Now that you have received the knowledge of truth from God's Word, which road will you choose to travel from this moment forward?  We all have been given the final destination of both roads from Jesus.  We all will spend eternity in one of two places.  Either heaven or hell.  There is no place in between!  We all live according to one of two options.  We live according to the will of God for our lives or we live according to our flesh and what it tells us to do.

Two gates, two paths, but only one choice and one destination.  The question to be answered by all of us on today is, "Which one will you choose?