There’s No Middle Road

“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 Jesus teaches that life is available to everyone, but there are only two roads: one is easy and leads to a dead type of life, while the other is narrow and leads to true, full, eternal life—the life we were meant to have. There is no middle road, yet the narrow road is necessary for every human. For example, in the United States, despite having the highest GDP and quality of life in history, the country also has the highest debt. This suggests that abundance can be more challenging to manage than scarcity. While abundance itself is not bad, it comes with the warning