It's Devo Monday at Woman of Faith
with Guest Devotional by Kathi Macias
"Never Too Old"
Kathi has a wonderful way with words, and this guest post is no exception. Are you dismayed at how fast the years slip past? Never fear. God can use you at any time, at any age, and He just may choose to use you most later rather than sooner.Special thanks to Kathi for this encouraging post.
--Linore
And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old
when they spoke to Pharaoh (Exodus
7:7, NKJV).
We live in a youth-oriented culture, where anyone over the
age of 65 is supposed to hang up their work ethic and spend whatever years they
have left chasing a little white ball around a golf course. Nothing wrong with
playing golf, mind you, but when it becomes our sole purpose for getting out of
bed in the morning, we’ve lost our direction.
God did not create us to serve ourselves. We are made in
the image of the Creator, and God has called us to partner in that pursuit, to
one degree or another; that partnership doesn’t end when our hair turns
gray or our step slows a bit due to arthritis.
I love reading about Moses and Aaron, don’t you? They
were in their eighties when God sent them to confront the most powerful man on
earth. God didn’t send young men in their prime of life so they could
flex their muscles and pound their chest and intimidate Pharaoh. He didn’t
send rich rulers from other countries who could threaten him with their armies
or bribe him with their riches. He sent two brothers who, between them, had
lived more than 160 years on this earth. Neither had experienced an easy life,
since Aaron was raised as a Hebrew slave, and Moses, after growing up in a
palace, had to flee for his life into the desert. And though Moses initially
resisted God’s call to go to Pharaoh, he finally accepted, with his older
brother at his side.
We can learn a lot through the story of Moses and Aaron and
their ultimate success in leading the Israelites out of the bondage of Egypt.
First, as long as we live on this earth, we are never too old to be useful to
God. Second, if we continue to partner with God in whatever He has purposed for
us, we can experience tremendous victories at any stage of life. And finally, though
we may consider ourselves inconsequential in the scheme of things, God can use
us to effect powerful changes in the lives of others.
So wherever you are today and whatever is going on in your
life, listen for God’s voice. He just may call out to you from the
burning bush and send you forth on the greatest mission ever.
***My newest releases, Deliver Me From Evil and Special Delivery, are now available at
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along with previously published books, on my website (www.kathimacias.com).
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