What's the greatest distance in the world? Not the miles across the Atlantic or down to Antarctica, but the distance between the human head and heart. Those 18 inches are the most difficult in the world. Why? Because only God the Holy Spirit can travel them. Millions hear about Jesus Christ as their only Savior, but only some believe. The rest shake their heads in rejection or nod in seeming approval, only to go their own ways. Their ears have heard but not their hearts.
What about me? Can I say with my heart, "Jesus is my Savior whom God raised from the dead?" Can I say with conviction: "His death counted for me. His resurrection assures my resurrection. Because He lives, I also will live, body and soul, in heaven some day?" Then thank God the Holy Spirit. Through the gospel he carried the message from my head to my heart. My faith is His gift. Through that gospel He still works when my faith wavers to bridge the distance between head and heart.
The Spirit helps me travel another distance, the one between my heart and mouth. When Jesus has moved from my head to my heart, then he'll also move from my heart to my mouth. I'll proclaim gladly what I believe and thank Him for it. I'll tell others what I believe and ask them to join me. By God's grace it'll be head to heart to mouth, with the name of Jesus my precious Savior.
Richard E. Lauersdorf
"Together with Jesus - Daily Devotions for a Year"
Northwestern Publishing House
