We all must examine ourselves in this light. When life is Christ, to die is gain. One leads to the other. Right living makes for right dying. We must all consider this in light of the fact that we will not live forever on this earth.
Death is something that many people try to ignore as they are wrapped up in living.
If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. 24 but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far. Fortunately for Paul in his dilemma, he did not have to make the decision of whether he was to live or die. His fate, he knew, was in God's hands.