"Does anyone want to live a LIFE THAT IS LONG AND PROSPEROUS? Then keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies. Turn away from evil and do good. Search for peace and work to maintain it!"
How about you, do you want a LIFE THAT IS LONG AND PROSPEROUS? It is true that our goal is to be in Heaven with the Lord, but while we are pilgrims here on earth, wouldn't you like to be prosperous and live to a ripe old age? The Lord explains how we can do this in His One Truth Today. It basically reinforces the truth that you will reap what you sow. It confirms that as a man thinks in his heart, so is he! It reminds us that we are to think about good and praiseworthy things that are of good report. Watch your tongue because out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Keep your tongue from speaking evil. Keep your lips from telling lies. Turn away from evil and do good! Search for peace in your life and the lives of others and then work to maintain it! There is a promise if you obey the Lord.
To achieve peace in our lives, we have to work to maintain it. One of the most important ways is to avoid evil. We are to seek righteousness. Flee from the devil and he will depart from you!
We are responsible for our choices, one at a time, and there are consequences for every choice.
We control our thoughts one at a time and therefore we control our actions. Thoughts proceed every action. If you want good fruit in your life, have good thoughts and stay away from evil.
If you are getting bad fruit, then your life is representative of your thoughts and actions. Now add to this that the Lord promises us that if we keep our tongue from speaking evil and our lips from telling lies, and if we turn away from evil and do good, He will give us LIFE THAT IS LONG AND PROSPEROUS! Do you run toward or away from evil?
Are you prosperous? Have you attained a ripe old age? Are you at peace with yourself and those around you? Do you hold your tongue from speaking evil? Do you keep you lips from telling lies? Do you try to do good instead of evil? Do you search for peace and work to maintain it? If you can answer yes to all of the above you will live out the promise of God. You will have a LIFE THAT IS LONG AND PROSPEROUS. If you tell lies and spew forth evil and turn away from good, then you will be responsible for the consequences. If you gossip and are negative then you will reap what you sow! It is the justice of the Lord! Your choice, your consequence!
