He Has Promised Us Long Life
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learn about faith, brand new. I’d go by and call her name, “Sister So-and-So,” and I said, “Can I
read the Bible to you?”
“Oh, yeah, Keith, read the Bible to me.” She loves God. Of course, I read healing scriptures,
selected passages, and faith scriptures.
She was smart, and she could tell what I was doing. She would say, “Well, now, Keith, I’ve had
a good life, and I’ve enjoyed a lot of things. And if it’s the Lord’s time for me to go, then that’s
just fine.”
I didn’t know how to answer that, but something inside me wasn’t satisfied with that. I know if
the Lord tarries His coming, we’ll eventually leave here. None of us are promised to live down
here forever, and I don’t want to. But, I knew something wasn’t quite satisfying me about that, so
I just read other scriptures and I’d try talking to her, telling her that “by His stripes you are
healed,” but she didn’t seem to respond to that. I tried talking to her about “He’s redeemed us
from the curse of the Law,” but some way or another that didn’t register with her. But I wasn’t
going to quit. I’d keep coming back and say, “Can I read some more to you?”
She said, “Why sure, Keith, come on.” She knows I’m going to try something, but she loves me.
She might think I’m misguided, but she loves me, and I’m young, and she’ll tolerate a certain
amount of this.
What am I saying to you? Don’t quit. Just stay with it.
I got on Psalm 91 one day. Verse 16 says, “With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my
salvation.”
I said, “You know, it says right there that we can live a long time and get satisfied.” I said,
“Sister,” I called her name, “are you sure that you’re satisfied with life? Have you done
everything that you feel like the Lord would have you to do and need to do?”
She said, “Well, I’ve done a lot of things.”
I said, “We need you down at the church. It helps people when you testify. And we just like
seeing you there. It just makes us feel better. You know, young folks like me, we need some
guidance. We need some help. Are you sure there’s not anything else that you need to do?”
She said, “Well, well, there are some things I had kind of thought about doing.”
I said, “It said right here He would satisfy you.”
She said, “Well, I guess it did.”
I thought, “Oh, man, I’m on it now. I’m getting some response.”
