GLORIOUS GRACE! - 71

Isaiah 46:4 - even to your old age I am he, even when you turn grey I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.

Jesus became our kinsman when He was born into this world as one like us. And He became our Redeemer when He paid with His life and blood at the cross to redeem us. Jesus gave Himself to us “as our restorer of life and nourisher of our old age”. (Ruth 4:15).  When the restorer of life is in our lives, what we have lost can be restored. (Joel 2:25−26).

That is why when Moses died at the age of 120, his eyes were not dim and his natural vigour was not diminished. (Deuteronomy 34:7). Caleb, at 85 years old, could still drive out the giants from the land. God had literally nourished his body and made it strong for war. (Joshua 14:11). Abraham and Sarah were certainly rejuvenated in their old age by God, giving birth to Isaac in their old age. (Genesis 17:17; 21:1-7).

God is outside of time and your faith in Him brings you into this timeless zone. There, what the years have stolen will be restored. And even as your years increase, you will not grow weak and weary because the restorer of life and nourisher of your old age is in you!

Thought for the day!
With Jesus the nourisher of our old age in us, our bodies can be gloriously renewed even though we advance in our years.