Joshua 14:10 Now, as you can see, the LORD has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old. 11 I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then.

      I was at a restaurant to meet some friends and noticed many old people in different stages of aging. I thought to myself, “Where had all the old people come from?” In that moment, what I suddenly noticed about old age, is that I am now always in it. As I get older I realize that I have been this way for a long time, even though I still think of the young man I once was and the activities I used to do. Sometimes when I see someone I have not seen in decades, I remark, “Have they ever gotten old!” Then my wife will say, “They would say the same of you.” Wherever I go, I notice there seem to be a lot of old people. Is that because I too am going to places where all the old guys are frequenting?

      Thank God there are some positive things said in the Bible about old age even though some negative hardships come with getting older. We can count on God to keep guiding us and leading us through His Word and by His Spirit. Isa. 46:4 Even to your old age and gray hairs I am He, I am He who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. We can ask God that we not be set aside, and pray that we do not become bitter and frail because of all the things we see going on around us that we do not understand. Psalm 71:9 And now, in my old age, don’t set me aside. Don’t abandon me when my strength is failing. We want to be close to God the older we get, so that our lives are full of the resurrection power of Christ. Like Caleb, we want to be able to shout, “I can still travel and fight,” even if it is in the arena of our Good Fight of Faith.

      As we age, and walk through life with God’s Word leading us, we should be able to see the faithfulness that God poured out on us and our families. Psalm 37:25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. In my lifetime, I can attest to this same miracle. Neither my children nor my grandchildren have been in a position to be begging for bread. They have always had God’s provision to take care of them. Have they gone through hard times? Yes, like everyone else in life but there has been a sustaining presence as they live out their lives. May the blessings of the Lord continue to flourish and meet our family’s needs. Ex. 20:6 But I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands.

      I was praying and asking God to keep the visions and goals that He has sown within my heart alive because as I get older, I sometimes see the limits of my capabilities coming at me at a rapid pace. That doubting voice that says, “Why are you still dreaming about that? You are way too old for God to use you to pull that off, and the logistics alone are beyond your strength and stamina.” I sometimes agree with that voice, but then I reason, – what needs to be done in the natural, might be difficult, but I serve a supernatural God and He is well able to take something that will take me years to accomplish and bring it to pass in the Lord’s timeline. 2Pet. 3:8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord, a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. Like Caleb, a shout of strength can go up and praise the Lord, saying that He is for us.

      The world system will have old people believe that they are to slow down and just accept the drudgeries of old age, and submit to the death knell that is sounding over their time left on earth. The elderly are told to become frightened of climbing stairs, walking to the store, and living on their own. However, the Lord says we are coming into our most spiritually productive time of life. Psalm 92:14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and flourishing, 15 to declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. Who else is going to pray and declare righteousness over your children and grandchildren? Who else knows the hardships of life and the grit it takes to get through to the victory side? We need the elderly who know their God to be praying for the many. We are still God’s children, even in old age, and He is our heavenly Father who loves us.

      We may have lost some of the strength that we had as younger people, but hopefully, we have become wiser in heart and soul. Prov. 20:29 The glory of young men is their physical strength, and the honour of aged men is their gray head representing wisdom and experience. Let us keep asking God for new goals and visions to pray into and keep serving our Lord with all of our hearts. It will not be long before we are standing before Him and hearing those blessed words. Matt. 25:23 His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ Yes, let’s be ready to share in the Lord’s happiness.