Nonsense!
Well, OK… perhaps in one sense the advice isn’t totally bogus, particularly if the goal is to keep “the delivery vehicle of the Word” maintained (1Co 3:16-17).
But really… how important is living longer if it still ends in death? The advice is useless if the prescription for life goes unnoticed or is ignored:
Pr 9:11 “Through Me your days will be many and years will be added to your life.”
This verse is interesting in that it can be read two ways.
The first is obvious: Life through Jesus is made up of many days and added years.
The second is less-obvious, but far more exciting: Life is made up of days which, through Jesus, are made many. But after these days are completed (at death), through Jesus, years are added. Here, the “days” in a lifetime are seemingly small when compared to the “years” of eternity which are added following the resurrection. Awesome!
As for me, I’m not content to settle for more days when it could be years eternal!