How to Die Before Your Time

“The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.” (Proverbs 10:27).
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” (Psalms 90:12). Without the fear of the Lord and the wisdom it brings, we will be double minded in all our ways. (James 1:8). We will have no rudder in the ship of life to guide us and no anchor to hold us in the storm. We will have no compass to point in the right direction and will be easily misdirected and beguiled into temptation. If the fear of the Lord is not present in our lives, we will be easily led down paths of unrighteousness. We will compromise our standards of holiness and integrity, and we will allow ourselves to be used as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin. (Romans 6:13). If we do not repent and turn our faces back unto the Lord, the years of our lives could be shortened as a result of our disobedience. (Psalms 102:23). ‘But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.” (Psalms 55:23). “Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?” (Ecclesiastes 7:17). “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Hebrews 10:31). The Lord will judge us if we stray from Him and fail to fear Him. We are still His sons, if we have been born again, but He will chasten and rebuke us if we begin to walk outside of His will. (Hebrews 12:5-6).