Do you want to live a long life..

Do you want a long life?

Seriously, do you want to live for a long time?  Most people would say that they would, well here's what God's word tells us...

1Pe 3:10  For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

1Pe 3:11  Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.

1Pe 3:12  For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

Psa 34:12  What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

Psa 34:13  Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

Psa 34:14  Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psa 34:15  The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

Psa 34:16  The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

TRUTH!

Refrain our tongues from evil and speak NO lies.

Hate evil.

Do good.

Seek peace.

The Lord watches the righteous.

The Lord hears the prayer of the righteous.

Again, SPEAK NO EVIL, TELL NO LIES.

Don't do evil.

DO good.

Seek peace actively!

Do you do or not do these things?  Seriously...do you or don't you?  Are you listening to the Lord's word?

It isn't easy, it's impossible in fact for us to do on our own. We must have the Spirit in us. Christ must live in us for us to live righteously.

I'm constantly reminded how far from all this I am.  I don't want to LIE. I don't want to speak evilly. I want to do good. I want to actively seek peace. I desperately want the Lord to watch over me and hear my prayers.

Only through Christ is this going to happen, there is NO other way.

We must be ACTIVE in our pursuit of the LORD, not passive. We cannot sit back and believe our walk with Christ ends with our knowing Him. Even devils know and believe Him, that does not make them His.  We are only known by Christ through a very active spiritual life, living in Christ, living for Christ.

Please, Lord, we would be YOURS! Wholly YOURS!