"That's all I have to do?" Um ... yes and no.

Yes, that is all you have to do. "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved ..." (Acts 16:31)

But when people use the word "all," as though it were so easy to do, it reveals that they don't - usually - really understand what that means.

"Believing" in Jesus does not mean making a mental nod at Jesus, and then going on your merry way. Jesus addressed that attitude in Luke 4. In verse 46, He said, "Why do you call Me 'Lord,' and not do what I say?"

We're never told to believe in Jesus, we're told to believe in the LORD Jesus. We don't use the word "lord" very often in our modern vocabulary, but a lord was a master. Believing in the LORD Jesus, means believing that He is the master of your life.

And if you really believe that, your life will change.

So that is ALL you have to do, but it means more than we think it does when we say, "That's all you have to do."

As far as feeling a change - you might. If you really, sincerely, decide to leave your old life behind and dedicate yourself to God, you will probably "feel" something. You will feel His Spirit and His presence, maybe for the first time in your life, and it's pretty awesome.

Beware, though, 'cause that "feeling" goes away. And that's where a lot of people get messed up. We think that when the warm, fuzzy feeling goes away that God goes away. We believe the lies that it wasn't real anyway, or we decide that if it's going to be HARD we don't really want to follow God.

The Song of Solomon (or the Song of Songs) is, at first glance, a strange book in the Bible. It's a big, long - sometimes elicit - love story. There's a lot of weird language in it, but the basic story is the story of Jesus and a believer.

In the beginning of the story, the "bridegroom" (Jesus) and the Shunamite woman (the believer - you) are sappy and in love. But at one point in the story, the groom leaves, and the woman is distraught. So distraught she braves the city streets at night to go and find him.

The story starts the same for every believer. You'll probably get that "feeling" in the beginning but then it goes away. Not because God left you, but because He takes a few steps back to see if you'll come find Him - like a parent teaching a kid to walk.

So don't freak out when it happens. Find a mentor, find some Christian friends, keep reading your Bible, join a small group. He wants you to want Him enough to go out and find Him.