One of the most beloved of all poems is Robert Frost’s “The Road not Taken” and its closing lines are often quoted at graduation ceremonies as an encouragement to graduates to not be afraid to launch out into life into new and exciting pathways:

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –

I took the one less travelled by,

And that has made all the difference.”

Apparently though, Frost never intended this to be the meaning of his poem. The story goes that he used to go walking in the woods with a friend who always had great difficulty in selecting which road they should take, and so Frost penned his famous words as a way of gently mocking his friend’s indecisiveness.

If you read the poem carefully, Frost points out that both roads looked good for walking down and his final line – “that has made all the difference” – was his way of ironically pointing out to his friend that ultimately it didn’t make any difference at all what road they took, they still enjoyed the walk!

The same cannot be said of Jesus’ words in Matthew 7:13-14.

He said there is one of two roads we can take through life. The first road is chosen by most people, but ultimately ends in spending eternity away from God, in darkness and loneliness.

Another word for this is “Hell.”

But the other road – chosen by only a few – leads to eternal life in God’s Presence: Heaven.

The warning of Jesus couldn’t be clearer:

“Don’t waste your time standing at the Crossroads vacillating over which road you will take through life. Choose the road that leads you to God and His eternal life and choose it now!”

You see, when you choose that road, it makes all the difference.

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