But now, look. It has been forty-five years since the LORD said that to Moses. That was when Israel was going through the desert, and the LORD, as he promised, has kept me alive every since. Look at me! I am eighty-five years old and am just as strong today as I was when Moses sent me out. I am still strong enough for war or for anything else. Now then, give me the hill country that the LORD promised me on that day when my men and I reported. We told you then that the race of giants called the Anakim were there in large walled cities. Maybe the LORD will be with me, and I will drive them out, just as the LORD said."

Joshua 14:10-12

You are older and wiser. We all are. But how many of you would show remarkable faith in asking for the higher ground, which is harder to defend. You are getting older, but you are more experienced. And if you have been walking with the LORD, you are wiser. As you carefully and prayerfully choose your place of ministry, you can make a big difference in the spiritual and physical welfare of your congregation.

As God adds years to your life,

ask him to add life to your years.

Our Daily Bread – March 23, 2002