When aging

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“Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.” (Isa. 46:4 ESV)

The righteous flourish and still bear fruit in old age

“The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.” (Psalms 92:12-15 ESV) 

Wisdom and understanding is with the aged

“Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.” (Job 12:12 ESV)

Instructions to older men and women

“Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good.” (Titus 2:1-3 ESV

Therefore

“I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.” (Psalm 37:25 ESV)

“Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.” (Prov. 16:31 ESV)

“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.” (2 Cor. 4:16 ESV)

“So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come.” (Psalm 71:18 ESV) 

“But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.” (Phil. 3:20-21 ESV) 

“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm 92:12 ESV) 

Quotes:

“You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.” C.S. Lewis

“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.” – Benjamin Franklin.

Mike FrenchBible Promises