Heart and Mind

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 NIV

I love the simplicity of this verse. God doesn't require fancy offerings or lavish ceremonies for us to be saved and be one of his forever. But we humans have a way of mucking things up.

We can say we are saved and believe that Jesus is Lord all day long. People might actually believe us. We can fool lots of people with what we say. We can say we know what our job is, know how we need to help people, or know what someone needs. But the truth may be far from it. What we know may be tested and then we are found out. We need to ask what people need, ask questions about what we need to do, so that when we are tested, we can do what must be done.

When our time here is done we sure don't want to be found not to have believed in our heart that Jesus is the risen son of God. Don't be like those that worship with their mouth but their heart is far from God. We must do what is right and honest and true.

So asking Jesus to be your savior is easy. And he will give you the strength to face whatever co.es next. Just make sure your head and heart are on board.