Isaiah 46:4
New Revised Standard Version
4 even to your old age I am he,
even when you turn gray, I will carry you.
I have made, and I will bear;
I will carry and will save.
When I was a young man and I was able to jump over bushes,
climb trees and live my life in inexhaustible energy, I believed that I could
outrun old age and believed that it would never catch up with me. Yes, I
believed myself to be young and bulletproof.
These days, I weigh much more, sleep with a C-Pap, and my
hair is no longer the blond that it used to be, it has been replaced by gray
hair and some wrinkles. Even with my best efforts, old age is catching up with
be faster than I can outrun it.
What I have learned is that what I am losing in youth, is
being replaced with wisdom and focus. Beloved, this text from Isaiah is meant
to give us hope in that fact that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. God
knows our lives; He created our beginning’s, and His Son Jesus Christ created
our eternity.
So, when you are feeling older and questioning your purpose,
understand that you still have a purpose and ministry in this earthly life. Never
give up, never surrender, trust in the God that will always carry you and whose
Son has saved you.
No Longer Young and Bulletproof but Carried and Saved From
Womb to Tomb.
Pastor Tim.
