I arrived at my hotel for my personal retreat early Sunday. My room was on the top floor, the farthest from the elevator and my window looked east to the mountains. It had a kitchen and coffeemaker and of, course, I’d brought my Starbucks along. After setting up the room, I went to the local market to stock up for lunches and dinners. The hotel brought my breakfast by in a box each evening for the following morning.
I had my Bible, a Puritan prayer book, and a couple other books to read. I set my computer on the table but didn’t connect it to the internet. It was there to record my thoughts, and it also contains my Bible Study Plans. I planned on this being a true retreat, no TV, radio, internet, social media, newspapers, phone, texting, etc. I planned a call to Bob in the AM and one in the PM, that’s all. This was to be just me and hopefully, God.
I wasn’t sure where or how to begin. I wasn’t with others, there was no set schedule. I decided to just continue where I left off in my Read Through the Bible in a Year Plan. So I settled in the big recliner and opened my Bible. I was at Psalm 71.
“Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone…. Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.” [vs9,18]
Is that the cry of my heart? I surely know I am old and gray (been old for a little while; been gray for a long while!). I know that for me eternity isn’t all that far away. I so want to see God’s Church, His Beloved, return to Him in truth. I long to see my generation experience the Holiness and Awesomeness of our Father. I want to see Revival (or whatever you want to call it) fall upon us. I want to see it fall upon me while I still have a little strength.
Do not forsake me, O God, till I declare Your power to the next generation.
