New Post - Same Truth - Psalm 90-92

I date passages in my Bible. If I read something that is important and really worked in my heart I put a date in the margin to remind me of that time frame and the occasion. Apparently in 2009 the passage in 92:12-15 made an impression on me for it bears the date. In this section God is telling us that age has little to do with bearing fruit. In 2009 I was about to turn 55. Little did I know it but within the next three months I would suffer a heart attack and stare death in the face. Yet, this truth was and is fundamental to my life. Righteousness and fruit bearing isn't limited by our age. Those who have "seasoned" (nice way of saying "grown old") can still bear fruit. We can still be "full of sap" (no jokes here, please) and look "very green." The purpose of this is found in verse 15: "To declare that the Lord is upright: He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him." So, as we grow old our righteousness (given by God) is provided to grow old in green and bear fruit and to declare the glory of God. Our growing old is not to find a safe place to retire. It is not to find a life of ease and to be content in life. God provides righteousness and wants us to grow and bear the fruit that glorifies God. Our end of life experience is to be one that glorifies God. It is not to find peace and rest on a ranch or cottage or condo. We are to bear fruit for God. In 2009 I am sure I wrote something similar. New post - same truth.