Age How Old Are You

Age

How Old Are You?

God is working in your life every day.

Does your age match your spiritual maturity?

I have to confess I have never

understood why people are so afraid

to let others know how old they are.

I know I am sometimes late to the party,

but what is the big deal.

You have heard it said,

“I am 39 and holding.” 

I can understand wanting

to feel young and full of energy.

But a positive confession only goes so far,

you have to eat right and exercise.

I believe we should be proud of how old we are.

Job cursed the day he was born

and God rebuked him.

God did not appreciate Job losing sight of

the fact that God formed him in his mother’s

womb and had a purpose for his life.

Your life and mine are part of God’s plan.

God is working in our lives to make us more like His Son.

God is using the days of our lives to mature us.

Maturity in our lives is very important to God.

Someone once prayed,

“Lord help me grow up before I get old.”

God is working in each of our lives so that

when we grow old, we will become

grown up and more valuable to Him.

Yes, the young man has his strength but

the mature person works smarter - not harder.

We should be proud of our age if we

have allowed God to work in our lives.

Maturity should be respected and desired.

To curse our age is to curse

the work of God in our lives.

Maturity is God’s goal for you.

God has used the days of your life to bring you to maturity.   

I have to confess that I am a little ashamed to tell my age

because I am not as mature as I think I ought to be.

But my maturity is because God has been working

throughout my life and I want to honor Him with it.

When I look at my age and I compare it to my

maturity I find I am older than I act and for

that I am grateful for God’s grace and patience.

So if you want to know my age,

I am 61 years old and thank

God for the things He has done

in my life to make me mature.

Scripture Reading

Hebrews 5:12-14 NIV

12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers,

you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again.

You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk,

being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.

14 But solid food is for the mature,

who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

Hebrews 6:1-3 NIV

6:1 Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ

and go on to maturity,

 not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death,

and of faith in God, 2 instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands,

the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

3 And God permitting, we will do so.

Luke 8:14-15 NIV

14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear,

but as they go on their way they are choked by life's worries,

riches and pleasures, and they do not mature .

15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart,

who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

Ephesians 4:11-13 NIV

11 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets,

some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

12 to prepare God's people for works of service,

so that the body of Christ may be built up

13 until we all reach unity in the faith

and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature,

attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Colossians 4:11-12 NIV

 12 Epaphras, who is one of you

and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings.

He is always wrestling in prayer for you,

that you may stand firm in all the will of God,

mature and fully assured.

James 1:2-6 NIV

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds,

3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete,

not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God,

who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

Job 3:1-11 NIV

3:1 After this, Job opened his mouth

and cursed the day of his birth. 2 He said:

3 "May the day of my birth perish,

and the night it was said, 'A boy is born!'

4 That day — may it turn to darkness;

may God above not care about it;

may no light shine upon it.

5 May darkness and deep shadow

claim it once more;

may a cloud settle over it;

may blackness overwhelm its light.

6 That night — may thick darkness seize it;

may it not be included among the days of the year

nor be entered in any of the months.

7 May that night be barren;

may no shout of joy be heard in it.

8 May those who curse days curse that day,

those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.

9 May its morning stars become dark;

may it wait for daylight in vain

and not see the first rays of dawn,

10 for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me

to hide trouble from my eyes.

11 "Why did I not perish at birth,

and die as I came from the womb?