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Did you know that it's not
God's will for you or anyone to die young? His will for you is to live
the full number of your days. You ought to live 70 or 80 years, and if
you are not satisfied, live awhile longer! The Bible says that when
Abraham died, he died at a good old age, full of years. That's the way it ought to be with all of us.
Some
believers don't realize that and they've gotten themselves in a mess.
When they get sick, instead of just believing for healing, they start
wondering if it's God's will for them to die. Maybe He's ready to call me home, they think.
Don't
ever entertain thoughts like that. If God has His way, He won't call
you home until you're good and ready to come. The Apostle Paul
understood that. In 2 Timothy 4:6-7, he said, "For I am now ready to be
offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good
fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith." Paul didn't
die until he and Jesus were ready for him to go.
Regardless of
your age, if the devil is telling you God isn't going to heal you
because it's time for you to go home, he is lying to you. God promises
in Psalm 91:16 that if you are living under the shadow of the Most High,
He will satisfy you with long life. (That means that you are abiding in
Him as Jesus taught in John 15.)
If you're not satisfied that you
have finished your course yet on this earth, it's not time for you to
die. So ignore the devil and keep right on living. Resist sickness and
disease in the Name of Jesus. Stand on God's promise!
Then, when
you're ready to go on to heaven, go! But go satisfied, healed and ready!
Go in victory shouting the words of that old joy-filled song—"Heaven is
near and I can't stay here. Goodbye world, goodbye."
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