A Lifetime of God’s Care and Faithfulness

 

Cheryl Weber

“The godly will . . . flourish in the courts of our God. Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green. They will declare, ‘The LORD is just! He is my rock! There is no evil in him!’” Psalms 92:12-15 NLT

I was blessed to grow up in a home where I was loved and cared for. 

Our family never had much money but I never went hungry or without a roof over my head. 

My parents taught me to love and obey God and serve him faithfully.

Though I never married, God provided for me including during my years of missionary service. 

But now, as I approach retirement age, I wonder what I will do when I am too old to work. 

I have no children to care for me and very little in retirement funds.

It can be easy to worry about the future and all too easy to trust in our own strength, wisdom, or retirement accounts. 

And if we spent our earlier years in ungodly living, we may feel we don’t deserve God’s love. 

God’s people Israel repeatedly rebelled against him, yet he said in Isaiah 46:3-4 NLT that, “I have cared for you since you were born. . . . I will be your God throughout your lifetime—until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you.”

God is with us through each season of our lives. 

Even if we’ve lived foolishly in the past, even if we’ve gone through very hard times, he wants us to understand he is still good, perfect in all his ways, and faithful. 

And he asks us to remain faithful to him and trust him in return. 

For even in our latter years, he provides for us and has a plan and a purpose for each of us. We can then say with the writer of Psalms 23 that God’s goodness and unfailing love pursue us all the days of our lives (verse. 6).

PRAYER: Lord, thank you for your faithfulness and goodness throughout my entire life. Help me to trust and serve you till you call me home. AMEN

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