Accepting Ageing

“I have been young, and [now] am old.” Apparently David did not have the problem many have today, that of accepting his age. The old man had come to realize that with age comes limitations. He could no longer kill his giants as he once did (2 Sam.21:15-17). He needed brave younger men to help him. But this did not stop the old war horse from “pawing in the valley” (Job 39:21), at the sound of the battle.

David knew his age was not an issue with the “Ancient of Days.” This is clear in his statement to God, “Mine age [is] as nothing before thee” (Psl.39:5). He, like “Paul the aged” (Phi. 9-10), knew he would still bring forth fruit in his old age (Psl.92:14). He was confident God would not forsake him when he old and grayheaded (Psl.71:18).

O, aged saints, let us lay hold of His promise left us in Isaiah 46:4."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."