I’m not sure why I feel compelled to go all theological on you today. But, I do. I’ve been thinking about the popular All Roads Lead to God theory. People love this theory. If feels like a natural flow,  as in All Rivers Lead to the Ocean. (They do.)

In a sense, both theories are true. (Students of theology, please hold the stones until I finish.)

All roads will eventually lead to God. The road of Good Intentions. The road of Social Consciousness. The road of Being Spiritual. The road of Doing the Best I Can. Even the road of Serving-a-Different-God-I-Thought-Was-You. All roads will lead to the same place, because we will all stand before God eventually. All. Every single, solitary soul.

However, we will stand there for the giant end-of-all-time sorting out process. Those who wandered on roads of their own making will be sorted to the left with the goats. (Things don’t end well for them, in case you wonder.) And those who walked a straight, narrow road called Jesus will go to the right. (Where things don’t end at all but only begin in a bigger, brighter, newer Way.)

Assigning souls to the right and left is God’s business. I’m not telling you which road you are on. But I highly suggest you figure that out. Don’t count on meandering through the hills and over the rocks, bubbling along a channel of your own choosing until you reach  the great sea. Instead, read the Bible. See what God says about being reconciled to Him. Ask Him what it takes to end up with the sheep.