April 7

‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’ — Acts 17:28 BSB

The hand of Gehazi and even the staff of Elisha could not bring life to the lifeless boy. It took the living touch of the prophet’s own divinely quickened flesh to infuse life into the cold body. Lip to lip, hand to hand, heart to heart, he had to touch the child before life could return to his pulseless veins.

We must come into personal contact with the risen Savior, allowing His very life to quicken our mortal bodies before we can fully experience His healing power. This is often the reason for failure—people are trusting in something done to them, something they have done, or something they intellectually believe. But their spirit has not truly connected with the heart of Christ, and they haven’t drawn His love into their being through deep hunger and faith. As a result, they are not truly quickened. Our greatest need is to know Jesus personally, to touch Him continually, and to abide in Him constantly.

May we today lay aside everything that might hinder our closeness to Him, and walk hand in hand, heart to heart, with Jesus.