They
Will Still Bear Fruit In Old Age
It
is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High,
proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the
music of the ten-stringed lyre and the melody of the harp.
For
you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have
done. How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts! Senseless
people do not know, fools do not understand, that though the wicked spring up
like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be
destroyed forever.
But
you, Lord, are forever exalted.
For
surely your enemies, Lord, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will
be scattered.
You
have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me.
My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of
my wicked foes.
The
righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of
Lebanon; planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of
our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,
proclaiming, “The Lord is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in
him.”
Psalm 92:1-15
We
see younger or more able men and women doing extraordinary things we cannot do.
It’s easy to feel useless when we can’t do the things we were once capable of
doing.
Love
is the very best gift we have to give to God and to others. It is no small
matter, for love is the means by which we fulfill our whole duty to God and our
neighbor.
Love
and prayer are mighty works indeed, the mightiest
works for any of us.
God pours His love into our hearts that it might
flow out to others.
Our
Daily Bread – June 29, 2013