Shalom,
Today I want to share from Kenneth E. Hagin's "Faith Food" devotional again!
Long Life
Because he
hath set his love upon me, therefore. . . . With long life will I satisfy him .
. . . — PSALM 91:14,16
“But,
Brother Hagin,” someone said, “I knew a minister who was a wonderful man of
God, and he died at age forty-two.”
That doesn’t
mean I have to die young. I don’t know what that minister believed — but I know
what I believe. And I know that the God who is more than enough said, “I will
satisfy him with long life.”
Someone else
will say, “That just means we’re going to live forever in Heaven.” No, even
sinners are going to live forever. They’re going to live in one place, and
we’re going to live in another. That scripture is referring to our enjoying
long life here upon this earth.
A reading of
Proverbs reveals that the Word of God says that doing certain things will
lengthen your life, but doing certain other things will shorten your life.
Ephesians 6:1-3 tells children to honor their parents, “That it may be well
with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.” Peter quoted the Psalms
assuring us that these promises belong to us (1 Peter 3:10; Ps. 34:12).
Our promised
lifespan is seventy or eighty years (Ps. 90:10). But don’t compromise. Don’t
settle for anything less. And believe God for all you can!
Confession: Because
I have set my love upon God, El Shaddai will satisfy me with long life. Unless
the Lord Jesus Christ returns before I die, I will live out my years in service
to God. I will live and work together with God in carrying out His will upon
the earth.
