You Are Not Too Old
They still bear fruit in old age…Psalm 92:14, ESV
Why is it that when we hit a certain age, we think we are supposed to stop bearing fruit? No matter how old a tree gets, it continues to bear fruit. Everything that God makes bears fruit until it dies - except man. Society has told us that when we reach a certain age we are supposed to retire and do whatever we want. It’s a crazy notion, but many have bought into it.
In scripture we learn that God did not start using many of the amazing figures in the Bible until they hit what we would consider retirement age. Abraham was 75 years old when God called him to leave his hometown and move to Canaan. At 75 years old is when God said He would make him a great nation. Moses was not called to lead the people out of Egypt until he was 80 years old! Elizabeth gave birth to John the Baptist in her old age. Society tells us that at those ages, we should be in a resting home. But that is not what God’s Word says about us.
I am sure their aging bodies had some of the same elements that ours do today but because they said yes to God, He gave them what they needed to fulfill the promise He had inside of them. Listen, Caleb said to Joshua, “…and now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years…And behold, this day I am eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength then for war and for going and coming. So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said” (Joshua 14:10-12).
Caleb never mentioned his fears, his shortcomings, or things that were happening in his body. He proclaimed that he was as strong as he was at 45. He believed God for the promise that He said was for Caleb. He stood on that promise regardless of what his body or society said. Remember, because of Israel’s rebellion, anyone over 25 years old would not enter the promise land (Numbers 14). That means everyone else was at least 24 years younger than Caleb and Joshua.
If you are reading this message, that means God has ordained you to be here because He still has work for you to do! Do not give up on what He has put in your heart no matter what your age! Age is not a problem for God. Abraham had Isaac at 100 years old, and God continued to bless His seed. After Sarah died Abraham remarried and had six more sons. (Genesis 25). “Nothing is impossible with God” (Luke 1:37).
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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