Sometimes I like to play puzzle-style games on my computer. I do it go keep my mind challenged. I do free online games, which often come with ads for interesting things between each game. You endure the ads to play the games for free.
Some of the ads make me laugh, as one did this morning. It said they found the “Remedy for Old Age” in an old book. Then they showed some obnoxious-looking piece of fruit or vegetable, which I am sure they want me to buy at a ridiculously high price.
I doubt very much that eating whatever they discovered is a remedy for old age. If we live long enough, all of us will experience “old age” in some way. I watched a video of a woman in her 90’s wowing a crowd doing gymnastics. The reason she was wowing the crowd is because most women in their 90’s aren’t doing gymnastics!
Old age doesn’t usually encompass marathons or gymnastics or climbing mountains. Those who can still perform at those levels are rare. Most of us in old age manage our daily routines, sometimes with difficulties or even through pain. We just aren’t what we used to be.
EXCEPT. Except when it comes to thriving in the courts of God. Psalm 92 promises: “The righteous thrive like a palm tree and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the Lord, they thrive in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, healthy and green, to declare: ‘The Lord is just; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.’” [vs 12-15 HCSB]
God promises that even in our “old age” we will bear fruit. Our lips, our lives, will declare His justice, His strength, His righteousness, His love, His faithfulness.
That may not be a remedy for old age, but it is so amazing to know that we can still be spiritually vital and thriving.
