2 Corinthians 4:10-11

2 Corinthians 4:10-11. Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

So you see, brethren, to have an anticipation of death upon one is no hindrance to one’s work, but a great help to it; to bear about in our body the dying of the Lord Jesus is a great help towards the manifestation of the life of Christ. When we begin to reckon that we shall live long, we are very apt to live loosely. To live as though tomorrow might be the judgment day, or as though today the King might come in his glory, that is the style of living which is the best of all. "A short life and a holy one," -lengthened as God may please, but reckoned by us as short even at the longest, - be that the Christian’s motto. As the worldling says, "A short life and a merry one," we say, "A short life if God so wills it, but a holy one whether it be long or short."