Psalms 91:16
"With long life will I satisfy him,
and show him my salvation"
Observe the joyful contrast here to the mournful words we read in the previous Psalms, "We spent our years as a tale that is told." "The days of our years are threescore years and ten," (Ps. 90: 9-10). The life of Israel was shortened by "Disobedience." But the "Obedience of Christ in the wilderness has won for us a blessed immortality.
We all desire to live a long and fruitful life for our Lord. Here the Psalmist is addressing, "length of days;" the length of life a man has on this earth. As Christians we are to fill our days as God desires until we have satisfied God in what He called us to do with "Obedience." It is natural for us to want our time and our loved one's time lengthened in this life. However long our lives may be, it is regarded as a blessing (Ex 20:12).
There comes a time, even under this promised blessing of length of days, when a man will be satisfied with living, and have no strong desire to go on living; when under infirmities of advanced years; and under his lonely feelings from the lose of family and friends. But with the hope of heaven in his heart, he's had enough of life here, and would be better to to depart from this world, and begin his new life in heaven.
Amen!!
Reading: (Psalms 91:1-16)
May God Bless You
And Your Families
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr
The Cross Life Ministry
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