“Many roads lead to Rome” - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2026

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 14:12

"Many roads lead to Rome" is a proverbial saying. When it is matter of an earthly destination, he saying is true. Even if I do not find the best way, at some stage I shall reach my destination, possibly somewhat late. When it is a question of our eternal destination, countless people are content to think that we are all on our way to God and shall eventually reach the glory of heaven somehow.
Some take the way of the law. It is a hard, stony pathway. Whoever chooses it, finds himself confronted with God's righteous demands: "Thou shalt " or "Thou shalt not " They were set out in the Ten Commandments that Moses received from the hand of God. Yet although the curse of the law threatens all who do not keep the entire law (and who can?), it is a very popular way. Clearly the thought of contributing something to one's eternal salvation oneself is reassuring.
Other people go the way of good intentions. A proverb states: "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." We can well imagine how often people stumble on this pathway, because no-one has the strength to keep what is proposed. Apparently many who take this pathway overlook the fact that no amount of good intentions can extinguish the sins of the past. What is to become of them?
All these ways are ways of death. There is only one way to life; it is faith in Jesus Christ, who said. "I am the way, the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).
Today's reading: Acts 9:23-43