Live Long and Prosper

        It’s my husband’s fault- 100%.  Really.  Honestly.  I wouldn’t be this way if it wasn’t for him.  “Hello, my name is Vicky and I am hooked on sci-fi.”  It was never a genre that I ever got into much right up until I got married.  That was almost all Albert would watch though.  Star Trek- all its versions.  Star Wars.  Babylon 5.  Firefly.  Andromeda.  Stargate- all its versions.  Farscape.  Battlestar Galactica.  And a multitude of others.

       In the original Star Trek with Captain Kirk, there was a Vulcan character named Spock.  He and Scotty were my favorite characters on that show.  Scotty was the friendly engineer and Spock was the logical, emotionless second in command.  He used to hold his hand up a particular way (when greeting or leaving) and say ‘Live long and prosper.’  I don’t actually know why Vulcans say that, but I quickly practiced the hand sign.

       It’s kind of funny because for Spock to say it (if he was real) it would be more of speaking a blessing since no person can make that kind of thing occur.  We can’t make anyone live longer.  We can’t make anyone prosper- not really.  Perhaps we can help them, but to actually make them flourish?  Nope.  We have no special powers or abilities to make it happen with our limited human strength.  But there is One who can do as He pleases for He is all powerful.

…For the Lord God omnipotent reigns!  Rv. 19:6

For with God nothing shall be impossible. Lk. 1:37

       So did God ever lengthen lives and prosper people?  Of course He did.  In at least one place we read that when King Hezekiah was deathly sick and begged God for an extension of his life, God gave him 15 more years! (2Kn. 20:1-11)  God is certainly able and can do anything He desires.  “All things are possible with God” (Mt. 19:26)  But it is up to Him, what pleases Him and is needed for His ultimate plans, not just up to our desires.   

…My purpose shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure; Is. 46:10

Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases. Ps. 115:3 ESV

The fear of Jehovah prolongs days… Pr. 10:27

And if you will walk in My ways… then I will lengthen your days. 1Kn. 3:14

       As for prospering, I don’t believe for a minute Spock meant financially.  Money isn’t anything but a means to do things that God may want done.  I would rather prosper (flourish) in all areas of my life: relationships, health, fruits of the Spirit, spiritual life, mental state, abilities and gifts, etc.  Only the Lord can redeem us from this sick and dying world (world system) to bring us true/ godly/ abundant/ prosperous lives

…Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. Ps. 35:27 KJV

(Jesus said) …I have come so that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Jh. 10:10

…Jehovah made all he did to prosper in his hand. (Joseph)  Gn. 39:3

       So Spock is right.  We can live long and prosper in God’s plan for our lives.  Personally, I don’t want to live outside His will any longer.  Life is exciting with Him.  I am enjoying my life so much more than I ever thought possible (even when things are falling down around my ears) because God is merciful and full of grace and His peace and joy go with me wherever I am.

       Eternal life with God forever is certainly living long.  And when I consider my life, it is so rich in spiritual treasures that I wouldn’t give that up for any gold or silver.  Life with God is the BEST!

Live long and prosper in the Lord, with the Lord, through the Lord my friends!