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Nowadays, everything has to be fast. Faster computers, internet, shopping, service, etc. No wonder my kids always ask, “Are we there yet?” whenever we are going out. To achieve not only the “fast speed” data processing but also high availability and high security, high-end servers have its advantages over other computers. One of its advantages is to employ multi-core chips with redundancy to spare dynamically.

The other day in the hallway at my work place, my colleague mentioned his recent experience in one of the customer briefings to prospect customers – he heard an Executive used a very interesting analogy to explain this concept of spare processors feature. The Executive told the prospect customer: “It is a big preparation for a person who is undergoing a “heart transplant”.  Firstly, he will need to find a person who is willing to donate is having a good, free from defects, and right blood type of heart. Then, he needs to find skillful physicians, nurses, facilities, etc. to perform the transplant.  The process of the transplant is laborious and there is NO guarantee of success in the end. However, it is a different story from our computer server. As you know, the server would stop functioning if the CPU (central processing unit) fails. Therefore, the CPU of the server is like “the heart” of a human. With the capability of dynamic sparing in CPU, we have the ability to do “heart transplant on the fly” and it is clean, safe, transparent and always successful.”

When we look back to the time we believe, there is a similarity that we can find. Apostle Paul indicated to the Ephesians that we were “….gratifying the cravings of our fleshand following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 放縱肉體的私慾 ， 隨著肉體和心中所喜好的去行，本為可怒之子，和別人一樣 (Ephesians 2:3).” Our “heart of flesh” has become “heart of stone” and couldn’t receive God’s calling due to our indulgence in worldly pleasures.  The only way to recover it is to use a drastic measure – a heart transplant. The process of transplant is like apostle Paul taught us, “For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 因為人心裡相信 ，就可以稱義 ；口裡承認 ，就可以得救 。(Romans 10:10)”

The process of our “spiritual heart transplant” is an easy, instant on the fly and never failing. It is FREE too. As in the Old Testament, God promised Israelites through the prophet Ezekiel (Ezekiel 36:26) to give them a new heart and a new spirit. This same promise is through our Lord Jesus Christ to us in New Testament time. By receiving Him as our personal savior, we will get a “heart transplant on the fly” which is a new, an eternal and most precious gift that we can get in the world. My dear brothers and sisters, because of Him, we can have a heart to listen to His calling, to know Him and to follow Him. May we remember the precious gift from our Lord.