And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you (Isa. 46:4).
In contrast to the idols, which need to be borne by others, the Lord bears His people in safety from birth to old age. He likens Himself to a nurse, tenderly carrying a child. Notice His multiple promise: I will bear, I will carry, I will deliver. We grow old, but God is still the I AM, the unchangeable Lord of heaven and earth. We may become a burden to others and to ourselves, but He will care for us. He who has carried us as lambs in His bosom will not forsake us when we are old.
"I am on the bright side of 70," said the aged man of God. "Bright side, because nearer to everlasting glory."
The apostle who wrote, "Being such an one as Paul the aged" (Philemon 9), also testified, "Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me" (2 Tim. 4:17). Though everyone forsook him before the bloodthirsty emperor of Rome, the Lord did not.
Notice that the promise "I will carry you" is doubled in our text. And we need this double promise when physical weakness and afflictions come upon us, that we may keep not only in the path of righteousness but in the way of joyfulness as we grow old.
Lord, keep me joyful in the way,
Until the story's told;
And as I walk with slower step,
Grow sweeter growing old.
May each new day that dawns for me,
More of Thy grace unfold;
Until the last and best of life
Is sweeter growing old.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come" (Ps. 71:18).
In contrast to the idols, which need to be borne by others, the Lord bears His people in safety from birth to old age. He likens Himself to a nurse, tenderly carrying a child. Notice His multiple promise: I will bear, I will carry, I will deliver. We grow old, but God is still the I AM, the unchangeable Lord of heaven and earth. We may become a burden to others and to ourselves, but He will care for us. He who has carried us as lambs in His bosom will not forsake us when we are old.
"I am on the bright side of 70," said the aged man of God. "Bright side, because nearer to everlasting glory."
The apostle who wrote, "Being such an one as Paul the aged" (Philemon 9), also testified, "Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me" (2 Tim. 4:17). Though everyone forsook him before the bloodthirsty emperor of Rome, the Lord did not.
Notice that the promise "I will carry you" is doubled in our text. And we need this double promise when physical weakness and afflictions come upon us, that we may keep not only in the path of righteousness but in the way of joyfulness as we grow old.
Lord, keep me joyful in the way,
Until the story's told;
And as I walk with slower step,
Grow sweeter growing old.
May each new day that dawns for me,
More of Thy grace unfold;
Until the last and best of life
Is sweeter growing old.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Now also when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come" (Ps. 71:18).
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