” And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.”—Isaiah 46:4
Lawrence Darmani said, “How are you today, Mama?” I asked casually. My 84-year-old friend, pointing to aches and pains in her joints, whispered, “Old age is tough!” Then she added earnestly, “But God has been good to me.”
“Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life,” says Billy Graham in his book Nearing Home. “I am an old man now, and believe me, it’s not easy.” However, Graham notes, “While the Bible doesn’t gloss over the problems we face as we grow older, neither does it paint old age as a time to be despised or a burden to be endured with gritted teeth.” He then mentions some of the questions he has been forced to deal with as he has aged, such as, “How can we not only learn to cope with the fears and struggles and growing limitations we face but also actually grow stronger inwardly in the midst of these difficulties?”
In Isaiah 46 we have God’s assurance: “Even to your old age and hoar (gray) hairs . . . I am he who will carry you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will carry you and I will deliver you” (v. 4).
We don’t know how many years we will live on this earth or what we might face as we age. But one thing is certain: God will care for us throughout our life. “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”(See Psalm 90:12) Don’t be afraid to grow old; God goes with you!
Never forget— “to die is gain” and the best is yet to come! The older you get the closer you are to your inheritance as a joint-heir with Christ.
