The Israelite’s heart, soul, and might (spirit, soul, and body) are involved as he passes the baton of the truth to his children, having his personal life and his home a reflection of what the Word says, as in chapter 6. The result of this obedience is long life for himself and his children. This life has the added quality of “the days of the heavens.” Note that the things that characterize the earth do not characterize heaven. For the believer, this promise speaks of a superlative spiritual prosperity.

Thankfully, the Word of God describes its richness. As we, who are blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies according to the will of God, live in those blessings and pass them on to our children—both biological and in the faith—we begin to increasingly find an enjoyment of our heavenly portion. Our hearts and souls are brought to a sphere of things wholly different in character. It is vital that our actions should be brought into consonance with the things of that sphere.

The result is enjoyment of heavenly things, having days of the heavens while in the midst of earthly things. We live lives of heaven while surrounded by carnal attitudes and behaviors, replicating upon this earth the life of Christ by the power of the Spirit. Does the Word of God, do the promises of God, do the blessings of God so fill my heart and soul that my actions reflect a totally willing submission to God and the things of God? Only then will I begin to experience my days as the days of the heavens above the earth.