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Narrow Road

Have you ever been driving and come across a fork in the road? I don’t mean a kitchen utensil lying on the highway; I mean a decision you must make fairly quickly. Do I go right or do I go left? Spiritually speaking, we experience this fork in the road, or crossroad, when we’re confronted with the choice: Do I follow Jesus, or do I keep following the world?

I’ve found myself standing at crossroads many times in my life. Do I pursue the fruit of the Spirit – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control – or do I pursue partying, pornography, and envy? Jesus sheds light on these kinds of choices by telling us to enter through the small gate and walk the narrow path leading to life, because the gate is wide and the road is broad that leads to destruction, and many take that route. Only a few find the path of life. For much of my life, I was walking down the wide road, thinking it would bring me comfort and satisfaction. It didn’t. In fact, that road failed me miserably. It was not until I found the narrow road that I truly found life.

The psalmist prays, ‘Point out the road for me to follow and lead me by Your truth.’ Thankfully, we can ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate the road for us and lead us by His truth. The world will tell you to ‘live your truth’, but those living by ‘their truth’ are the ones walking down the wide road that leads to destruction. I’d rather follow God’s truth and get on the narrow road that leads to abundant life. Wouldn’t you? Today, as you commit to completing the workout, ask God to point out the narrow road ahead of you, accept what He says, and trust Him to lead the way.

First the Word – now the Workout:

25 rounds // 4 deadlifts

5 toes to bar

6 wall balls