“…he is thy life, and the length of thy days…” Deuteronomy 30:20
Every once in awhile we’ll see a newspaper article about someone who turned 100 or more telling about how they’ve managed to live so long. There’s usually no big revelation. Sometimes we’re surprised because they got away with a regular cigar, or nightcap, or some other activity normally regarded as a vice.
Ultimately God decides how long we’ll hang around this Earth. What we do in the flesh pales beside what he does in the spirit.
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life,” Jesus says in John 6:63.
Our best shot at longevity is not to seek a formula for good health, but to seek God and his righteousness.
“Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalms 37:4
“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
“With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.” Psalms 91:14-16
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