1My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. Proverbs 3:1-2 (NIV)
When a person dies even when they are still young people say that’s the time God determined for them but that’s not true. God’s determined time for all of us is long life – Psalms 91:16. Yes Scripture talks of all the days ordained for us already written in God’s book before one of them came to be – Psalms 139:16. But this doesn’t mean God determined it alone and we have no say in it. Our theme Scripture has showed us that when we do not forget the teaching of the Lord and keep His commands it will prolong our life many years. King Hezekiah had his life prolonged by fifteen years when he prayed to God who had earlier told him to prepare to die – Isaiah 38:1-5. In prayer he was submitting to and applying the Lord’s teaching and command for he reminded the Lord of how he had walked in His ways. Living according to the teaching in the Word of God results in long life for us.