A newspaper once offered a substantial cash award for the best answer to the question: “What is the shortest way to London?”

H. K. Downie’s winning answer was this: “The shortest way to London is with good company.”

While on a mission trip in Africa, the group I was with had to travel by bus for twelve hours. The roads were horrible and the bus was noisy; making it impossible to enjoy talking to one another to help pass the time. The twelve hours seemed more like twelve days.

Prior to making the same twelve-hour return trip, we installed a simple PA system with a couple of microphones. By doing so we were able to take turns sharing testimonies, telling stories, singing praise songs, and praying together. The time flew! The difference: good company.

How about you — do you have the best company you possibly could: Jesus?

Jesus said, “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13). And that is exactly what He did for everyone, including you.

If you know Jesus as your best friend, great! If not, I pray you will welcome Him into your life as your Savior, because the only way to an eternal home with God is through His good company.