The Secret To Long Life
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace shall they add to thee. Proverbs 3:1-2
Americans spend millions of dollars each year to combat the aging process: Medical continues to seek methods to lengthen life, manufacturers tout their creams and pills that make those nasty indications of age vanish and surgeons can remove years from your looks with a nip and tuck “here and there”. I think it is safe to say that we are hooked on living longer while looking younger.
Solomon gives us great advice on both in these two verses. Is it a cream or a pill? Is it a new exercise program? No, it is so simple that it hurts – let your heart keep His commandments. We wish that it was simply a pill or a twenty minute exercise routine that would lengthen our days. But it is much more difficult – following his commandments. Not just on Sunday mornings or during devotion time, but all the time. Quite a task, that is not to be taken lightly. Paul, exhorts us inEphesians 6:2 to follow “the first commandment with a promise” given by the Lord inExodus 20:12. And what is the reward? “That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth” (Ephesians 6:3). Since Moses was around, folks have been concerned with living longer. And David acknowledges the concern in Psalms 34:11-13. And the answer throughout the generations: follow His commandments.
What is the secret to looking younger? Solomon shares that as well in the verses above. What is the last reward he describes? Peace. With His peace, you have fewer worries; therefore you frown less and smile more. The results are fewer wrinkles and a radiant countenance! Nothing can make you look younger than that!
So claim the promise by committing your life to follow Him. It won’t take three weeks of application for you to feel the difference!
Americans spend millions of dollars each year to combat the aging process: Medical continues to seek methods to lengthen life, manufacturers tout their creams and pills that make those nasty indications of age vanish and surgeons can remove years from your looks with a nip and tuck “here and there”. I think it is safe to say that we are hooked on living longer while looking younger.
Solomon gives us great advice on both in these two verses. Is it a cream or a pill? Is it a new exercise program? No, it is so simple that it hurts – let your heart keep His commandments. We wish that it was simply a pill or a twenty minute exercise routine that would lengthen our days. But it is much more difficult – following his commandments. Not just on Sunday mornings or during devotion time, but all the time. Quite a task, that is not to be taken lightly. Paul, exhorts us inEphesians 6:2 to follow “the first commandment with a promise” given by the Lord inExodus 20:12. And what is the reward? “That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth” (Ephesians 6:3). Since Moses was around, folks have been concerned with living longer. And David acknowledges the concern in Psalms 34:11-13. And the answer throughout the generations: follow His commandments.
What is the secret to looking younger? Solomon shares that as well in the verses above. What is the last reward he describes? Peace. With His peace, you have fewer worries; therefore you frown less and smile more. The results are fewer wrinkles and a radiant countenance! Nothing can make you look younger than that!
So claim the promise by committing your life to follow Him. It won’t take three weeks of application for you to feel the difference!
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