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Being a septuagenarian myself, I know many of the challenges of older age. Solomon called it the \u201cdifficult\u201d days (Ecc. 12:1) but he also said, \u201cthe splendor of old men is their gray head\u201d (Prov. 20:29). Moses encouraged us to \u201cnumber our days so that we can gain a heart of wisdom\u201d (Psa. 90:12). David said we should \u201cbear fruit in old age\u201d (Psa. 92:14) and Job said \u201cwisdom is with aged men\u201d (Job 12:12). Here are a few responsibilities we have in older age.<\/p>\n

To God. Our first responsibility is always to our Creator and our Savior. David prayed, \u201cO God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.\u00a0Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come\u201d (Psa. 71:17-18).<\/p>\n

To Society. The unsaved world may despise mortality\u00a0 and try every way possible to prevent it, but 100% of humans have died and that percentage won\u2019t change. Growing old gracefully is a blessing to the world around us. The date-palm tree in Israel averages 200 years and grows 100 lbs. of figs every year until it dies. Psalm 92 says we should be like the date-palm \u201cto bear fruit in old age\u201d and \u201cto declare that the Lord is upright\u201d (Psa. 92:14-15).<\/p>\n

To our Family. The family is the oldest and most important institution on earth. Through it we carry on God\u2019s image, God\u2019s mandate, and most importantly, God\u2019s gospel salvation. Where would the world be now if every believing family had won all of their children to the Lord? The faith should be passed on to generations to come. \u201cFor He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;\u00a0that the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born, that they may arise and declare them to their children\u201d (Psa. 78:5-6).<\/p>\n

To the Church. The language of family becomes the relationship we have to the \u201chousehold of God,\u201d to all of our \u201cbrothers and sisters\u201d in \u201cthe family of God.\u201d For many who don\u2019t come from a believing family, water (of baptism) becomes thicker than blood. Jesus asked, \u201cWho is My mother and who are My brothers?\u201d\u00a0 His answer was, \u201cWhoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother\u201d (Matt. 12:48, 50). Paul specifically instructed Titus to instruct the \u201colder men\u201d and the \u201colder women\u201d be a \u201cpattern of good works\u201d and to admonish \u201cyoung men\u201d and \u201cyoung women\u201d to \u201cspeak things that are proper for sound doctrine\u201d (Titus 2:1-6).<\/p>\n

To Yourself. \u201cThe silver-haired head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness\u201d (Prov. 16:31). There are too many excuses to use in your older years to keep yourself from walking with God. Paul wanted to \u201cfinish my course with joy\u201d (Acts 20:24).<\/p>\n

William Law spoke of our older age, \u201cDelight in its service and beg of God to adorn it with every grace and perfection.\u00a0 Nourish it with good works, give it peace in solitude, get it strength in prayer, make it wise with reading, enlighten it by meditation, make it tender with love, sweeten it with humility, humble it with penance, enliven it with psalms and hymns, and comfort it with frequent reflections upon future glory.\u201d\u00a0 A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, 1729.<\/i><\/p>\n

Other observations on Older Age<\/b><\/h2>\n

Woodrow Kroll: \u201cThere was just something about those \u2018old time\u2019 missionaries, the ones who had stuck it out for thirty or forty years on the field without complaint. They had something down deep inside that I didn\u2019t see in many of my twentieth-century students.\u201d The Vanishing Ministry in the 21st Century<\/i>, p. 9.<\/p>\n

A.W. Tozer: \u201cO God, let me die rather than to go on day by day living wrong.\u00a0 I do not want to become a careless, fleshly old man.\u00a0 I want to be right so that I can die right!\u00a0 Lord, I do not want my life to be extended if it would mean that I should cease to live right and fail in my mission to glorify You all of my days!\u201d\u00a0 Mornings With Tozer<\/i>, May 31.<\/p>\n

Spurgeon: \u201cIt usually happens that, when we listen to a venerable patriarch, such as he then was, there is all the greater weight in his words because of his age.\u00a0 I fancy that, if I had heard the same sermon preached by a young man, I should not have thought much of it; but there appeared all the greater depth in it because it came from an old man standing almost on the borders of the grave.\u201d Spurgeon\u2019s Autobiography<\/i>, Vol. I, p. 208.<\/p>\n

D.L. Moody:\u00a0 \u201cThe longer I live, the more I am convinced that godly men and women are not appreciated in our day.\u00a0 But their work will live after them, and there will be a greater work done after they are gone, by the influence of their lives, than when they were living.\u201d\u00a0 Spiritual Power<\/i>, p. 107.<\/p>\n

Francis Schaeffer: \u201cMuch of the younger generation surely is like this:\u00a0 they know nothing of saying \u2018no\u2019 to themselves or anything else.\u00a0 But this is only half true, because the older ones are also like this.\u201d True Spirituality,<\/i> p. 20.<\/p>\n

Thomas a\u2019 Kempis: \u201cVanity it is, to wish to live long, and to be careless to live well.\u201d The Imitation of Christ<\/i>, p. 24.<\/p>\n

John MacArthur: \u201cAt the age of 83\u2014after having traveled some 250,000 miles on horseback, preached more than 40,000 sermons, and produced some 200 books and pamphlets\u2014John Wesley regretted that he was unable to read and write for more than 15 hours a day without his eyes becoming too tired to work. After his 86th birthday, he admitted to an increasing tendency to lie in bed until 5:30 in the morning!\u201d\u00a0 Titus<\/i>, 72.<\/p>\n

An Old Disciple<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u201c<\/i>There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge<\/i>\u201d <\/i>(Acts 21:16).<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch a great concourse of people there was to the feast that it was a hard matter to get lodgings; the public houses would be taken up by those of the better sort, and it was looked upon as a scandalous thing for those that had private houses to let their rooms out at those times, but they must freely accommodate strangers with them. Every one then would choose his friends to be his guests, and Mnason took Paul and his company to be his lodgers; though he had heard what trouble Paul was likely to come into, which might bring those that entertained him into trouble too, yet he shall be welcome to him, whatever comes of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Mnason is called an old disciple – a disciple from the beginning; some think, one of the seventy disciples of Christ, or one of the first converts after the pouring out of the Spirit, or one of the first that was converted by the preaching of the gospel in Cyprus, Acts 13:4. However it was, it seems he had been long a Christian, and was now in years. Note, It is an honourable thing to be an old disciple of Jesus Christ, to have been enabled by the grace of God to continue long in a course of duty, stedfast in the faith, and growing more and more prudent and experienced to a good old age. And with these old disciples one would choose to lodge; for the multitude of their years will teach wisdom\u201d\u00a0 (Matthew Henry).<\/p>\n

Barna Reports<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u201cWhen asked about the most influential people in their spiritual journey, most U.S. adults name family and friends. Generally, mothers (57%), fathers (33%), grandmothers (24%) and friends (20%) rank highest on the list. For older adults, though, the influence of a pastor is also prevalent. More than one in four Elders (27%) and one in five Boomers (21%) say a pastor has been the most influential to their spiritual journey. This finding points to the critical role pastors play in the lives of seniors. Amid the Church\u2019s rally cry to reach younger generations, pastors are still most trusted by older adults.\u201d Faith-Generations<\/i>, Oct. 18, 2023.<\/p>\n

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