"(Growing in grace) they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age. They will flourish and be vital and fresh (rich in trust and love and contentment.)"
Psalm 92:14 Amplified Study Bible
If you are thinking of retirement, forget it. You can retire from your job, that's ok. However, there is no retirement in your Christian life. You have work to do for God.
You may think that you are too old to keep being involved in such things. Wrong! He gives us strength in old age to fulfil what needs to be done. (Psalm 92:10). As we press on, regardless of age, He allows us to grow in grace. So this tells us He will continue to shower each of us with favour and will give us wherewithal to enter His gates with thanksgiving and Praise.
He wants us to thrive and bear fruit, thus prospering in our old age. This way, we will be a mentor to younger people as they grow older too. If there was retirement in old age, Mose, Caleb and Joshua wouldn't have been serving God until they died in service. Then, of course, what about King David and a host of others throughout the bible.
As we serve God in such a way, we will flourish and be vital. Stop there for a moment. Vital, among other things, means 'to be necessary to continued existence and effectiveness; extremely important and essential.' The Free Dictionary. That is you. As you serve God in old age, you become necessary to continued existence and extremely important. God shows people that you are vital to His work, and you are. You need to believe this.
You will also become fresh, like you have a new strength within your soul. That is the Holy Spirit who gives you the power to achieve what He wants you to achieve. He trusts you, immensely and and is content to send you out to do whatever He has planned for you. That in itself is wonderful. The world may write you off when you become old, but Your Father in Heaven believes you are vital to His work.
Therefore, believe and receive this, It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about you, it is what God thinks about you that matters. And He thinks you are pretty wonderful.
Copyriight 2021 Grahame Howard
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