For some reason, Robert Frost’s, “The Road Not Taken” is required reading in American schools. People tend to romanticize the poem, but in reality, it’s a brutally honest look at human ego. In the poem, Frost sees two different paths. He thinks about which one to take for a bit. He claims to take “the one less traveled by” but acknowledges they were worn “really about the same.” In other words, he has no idea what he’s talking about. He’s like a lost guy who refuses to ask for directions. Wives everywhere know what I’m talking about. With this in mind, what’s Frost’s point?
Whether intentional or not, he’s talking about the limits of human knowledge and our seemingly limitless ego. Satan, the “god” of this world, blinds the minds of those who refuse to believe. Like he did with Adam and Eve, he deludes people into thinking they can be God. This is the spirit of antichrist. When the Antichrist is revealed, he will publicly claim to be God. Simply put, those who don’t have a love of the truth can’t be saved. They will believe the lie that the Antichrist is God and they will be condemned. On the other hand, by receiving Christ and remaining in Him by faith, we know the truth and the truth sets us free. Repentance leads to a knowledge of the truth. When we repent, we reject the lies of this world. We admit we’re not God and acknowledge that the Lord is God.
When Adam and Eve rebelled, God subjected the creation to futility, in the hope that many of us would repent and receive Him as Lord. Through Jesus, the Father made the world. Jesus upholds the world by the word of His power. He withdrew some of this sustaining power after Adam and Even sinned. He did this out of mercy. Only the Bible explains why we simultaneously see beauty and evil in nature, because God’s perfect creation was marred by human sin. Death, pain and suffering were punishment for sin so we would get a glimpse of hell on earth. God did this so we would choose to be with Him forever in eternity. This is why we also receive glimpses of heaven on this earth.
Frost was right, there are two roads. Jesus said, “the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.” He added, “the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.” The closest you’ll get to being God is acknowledging that the Lord is God and letting Him use you. Make the right choice.