TODAY’S WORD FOR THURSDAY JUNE 27, 2013.
AGING
DEFINITION:
Having lived a long time; advanced years; getting older; measuring how
long one has lived.
SCRIPTURE:
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall
utterly fall, but those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they
shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they
shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:30-31
Wisdom is with aged men, and with length of days, understanding. Job
12:12
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
I (Ken) can remember so vividly when I was a young teenager staying
with my grandfather and grandmother for six weeks in northern Canada. The days
were long in the summer time and almost every night after dinner we would sit
on my grandfather's porch and listen to him talk about the Bible and how it
related to our lives.
He was a fiery old time Baptist minister and every once in a while he
would stand up so he could use his hands and raise his voice so he could make
his point. But for me it was a learning time and, as Job says in the verse
above, I learned from my grandfather's wisdom and understanding what he had
learned through his many days of living.
Americans spend more than $20 billion annually on anti-aging products
that claim to cure baldness, remove wrinkles, build muscles and renew powers
from their youth. But there is absolutely no scientific proof that any
commercial product will stop or reverse aging.
As a believer in Jesus you have a promise of spiritual vitality that
defies the concerns one may have of time and aging. Isaiah tells us in Isaiah
(above) that youth will faint, young men will fall but those that wait upon the
Lord shall run, not be weary, walk and not faint. What a wonderful promise.
Isaiah used the eagle as a symbol of freedom and endurance for those of
us that are believers in Jesus. As we put our trust in Him we are carried along
by His strength and not our own.
The psalmist said in Psalms 103:5 that it is the Lord who nourishes us
so that our strength is renewed. Are you taking advantage of God's anti-aging
power? It is promised to all of us who put our trust in Him for strength, vigor
and energy.
LEARNING:
Our memory verse for this week is found in Genesis 1:1.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
PRAYER:
We pray for new inner strength today so that our trust in You may grow.
Make growing old for our family a blessing because we are growing in godly
wisdom and into a closer relationship with You.
