When does old age start?

Posted on September 27, 2024 
Filed under Encouragement

“There probably comes a time when we are too old to serve the Lord; when old age starts.  But when does old age start? I distinctly remember turning 60 and being embarrassed. Embarrassed because 60 seemed so old, and by definition in this throw-away society; ready for the scrap heap, useless. But I still ran an electronics business that supported 20 odd families so maybe I was still useful and old age had not yet started for me. Slowly that feeling of embarrassment disappeared.

When I was 70, I sold the business but I was not yet free to join the proverbial grey nomads touring around Australia or cruising the seven seas. I still had 2 years left of my term as Chairman of the Board of Elders of a big church. A big church as in 8 ministers, 7 congregations in 3 languages plus a bi-lingual one, in 2 locations. Old age still had not started……

Finally, at the age of 73 that was all over, free at last! What would God have me to do now? …”

– At The Expository Preaching Trust, Jim Kuswadi has some encouragement to serve the Lord, whatever your age.