EVEN in old age!

Psalm 92:5-15 CSB

How magnificent are Your works, LORD, how profound Your thoughts! [6] A stupid person does not know, a fool does not understand this: [7] though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be eternally destroyed. [8] But You, LORD, are exalted forever. [9] For indeed, LORD, Your enemies- indeed, Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered. [10] You have lifted up my horn like that of a wild ox; I have been anointed with the finest oil. [11] My eyes look at my enemies; when evildoers rise against me, my ears hear them. [12] The righteous thrive like a palm tree and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon. [13] Planted in the House of the LORD, they thrive in the Courts of our God. [14] They will still bear fruit in old age, healthy and green, [15] to declare, "The LORD is just; He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him."

There's no avoiding the march of time, it's relentless - another wrinkle (laughter line, of course), another aching joint in the morning, more tooth fillings, thicker glasses and even hearing aids!

Yet, for the believer in Jesus, eternal life awaits. Now, what will that be like?

Certainly, it will be something entirely out of our current experience.

1 John 3:2 CSB

Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that, when He appears, we will be like Him because we will see Him as He is.

Some amazing metamorphosis will take place, transforming us instantly into the image of Christ, reflectors of His Glory.

However, in the here and now, we are promised that, in old age, we can still be fruitful - not bound for the "knacker's yard", but planted, anointed in Jesus - healthy and green!

Therefore the mindset is to be firmly planted in the things of God, roots sinking deep into Him as time progresses.

When we had the privilege of viewing the giant sequoia trees in California - some over 2,000 years old, they were still strong and vibrant, their huge trunks extending to the sky, their branches green and healthy, reaching ever upwards towards the light.

I'd love to be like those trees, growing stronger in Jesus as time passes, into old age (EVEN into old age).

Psalm 92:12-14 NLT

But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. [13] For they are transplanted to the LORD's own House. They flourish in the Courts of our God. [14] Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.