Well Days’ on the Earth

October 24
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.—3 JOHN 2
‘Well Days’ on the Earth
I was reading after an internationally known Full Gospel Bible
teacher. He was someone whom I esteemed highly. Now I didn’t
agree with everything he said. But, you know, you can disagree
on some things without being disagreeable. In many different
areas, he blessed me. For example, he was an excellent Bible
teacher in the area of the Holy Spirit.
In a particular article he wrote, he said, “‘With long life’ is not
a New Testament blessing. God only promised long life to those
in the Old Testament.”
I thought to myself, I’d rather follow Paul than follow him. I
mean, if long life isn’t a blessing that you get under the New
Testament, why did Paul say, “Honour thy father and mother;
(which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be
well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth” (Eph.
6:2–3)? Paul was writing to the Church at Ephesus, a New
Testament church.
God wants you to be well and to live long on the earth. If
you’re always sick and in doctors’ offices and hospitals, are
those “well days” on the earth? No! Why would the Spirit of God
instruct Paul to tell people to get something they couldn’t get?
He didn’t. Long life is promised to all!
If you haven’t believed that long life belongs to you, repent.
Turn around and get back in the truth so that you can stand in
the Presence of God and walk on in the light.
Confession:
God wants me to be well and live long on the earth. I change
my thinking to line up with the Word of God. I believe that long life is promised to me!

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