Blake has been sharing some challenging messages with us in
his current sermon series on “Dare to Make a Difference.” He has encouraged us to move beyond our
comfort zones and engage in some actions that stretch our faith beyond what we
normally do. I suspect that some of you
reading this column might be thinking that your adventuresome days are all best
viewed in the rear view mirror. You
might be tempted to say that God couldn’t possibly still use you or expect you
to attempt anything new and challenging because you’re well into the prime of
life.
If that’s
what you’re thinking, I’d suggest that you think again. When we read the pages of scripture, it’s
amazing that many of God’s choice servants were just beginning their active
ministries or catching their second wind as they approached 80 years of
age. Abraham and Moses were both
certainly senior adults when God called them to make a difference—challenging
Abraham to leave his country and journey to an unknown land, and asking Moses
to free His people from slavery in Egypt.
The other person who stands out in my mind is Caleb who at the age of 85
is begging Joshua for the opportunity to take the fortified cities of the enemy
who lived in the highlands of Israel.
Caleb confidently affirms that he’s still just as strong to engage the
enemy in battle as he was at the age of 40 when Moses sent him and Joshua to
spy out the land of Canaan.
You may be
thinking it’s time to rest on your laurels and let the younger folks lead the
way, but I strongly suspect that God still has some things He wants you to
accomplish. Otherwise, He wouldn’t have
left you here. Why not pray that
dangerous prayer that Blake suggested we pray of “Lord, what do You want me to
do?” Then trust Him for the strength,
resources, and courage to do it. Let’s
not grow weary in well-doing.
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