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Bob Dylan’s song asks a question about the troubling weight that hangs on the neck of every human, what is this treacherous life all about and why do people do the things they do?How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man? Even asking that question these days causes outrage because even the obvious has come under question. We won’t go down that rabbit hole, but it is indicative of the road we’re traveling on.
We all have a road we walk down. For some it is a monotonous journey of toil and strife. For others, it’s a new adventure every day. King Solomon told us that there was little difference in the end; we all end up in the grave. So, after he’d experienced everything in life, good and bad, his advice was to walk humbly with your God. Enjoy the life you’ve been given. He had learned that even the wisest of men are in the end simply a sinner ruled by their lust and in need of the grace of God.
Back to Dylan’s question; how many roads? The answer is not blown in the wind; there are only two roads we can walk down. The lack of care for suffering; turning our heads and pretending we just don’t see, stopping our ears from hearing gives us a mindless wandering life. How many years must some people exist before they’re allowed to be free? Till they hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.
John 14:6 Jesus said “I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no one comes to the Father if not by me”. Our problem is we don’t have a healthy fear of God. Matthew 7:14 warns us, strait is the gate, and narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there be that find it. There is only one road that is worth the walk.
Think of the words Dylan uses, how many roads before you call him a man? Isn’t a man a man no matter which road he chooses? You’d think so. Dylan’s foray into Christianity remains enigmatic. His words are not holy writ. Am I trying to read too much into his words? Dylan told his wife he believed the whole Bible. He was the voice of a disillusioned generation that have grown up and had children that are even more unhappy, hopeless, and distressed. Dylan was asking the question we all ask, what is life all about?
We head down the road of life and what matters is simply this: do we remain a “man” at the end possessing eternal life or do we perish? How many roads? Just two.
Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing, therefore choose life, that thou and thy seed may live.
Deuteronomy means repetition or copy. We are to train our children up in the way they should go, encouraging them to hide God’s Word in their heart. Then the road they walk down will be the right one.