Our Greatest Work

Peggy Jones

God may call you and me to do our greatest work in our fifties, sixties, seventies, or even eighties and beyond.  What a wonderful thing to look forward to!

What would we be if Noah, Moses, Abraham, Sarah, or any of the other great men and women of the Bible had listened to the voice that said, “You’re too old to do anything significant?”  What if Noah had responded to God by saying, “Me?  Build a boat?  I’m too over the hill.”  Or if Moses had insisted, “Pharaoh is never going to listen to an old man like me.”  Or if Abraham who was 100 years old and Sarah who was 90, had looked at each other and said, “Forget it.”  None of us would even be here had they not seen a vision of what God had for their future and allowed Him to walk them step by step into a new time in their lives.

What if Senior Pastor H. V. Hodge had said, “Me go to a barn I have built and Pastored big churches, I am sick and too old?”  God gave him 12 more years for his obedience, where would we be today?

If the job you’ve been doing ends, or the provision you’ve known shuts off, or the fulfillment level of your work and activities ceases, or something major happens to change the status of your life, don’t be alarmed.  These could be signs of a change God is doing in your life.  He may be getting you ready to enter into a new and exciting season.  God’s Word says that those who love Him and live His way will bear fruit into old age and always be fresh and flourishing.   

If life as you have known it and the path that you have walked seem to be ending, draw especially close to God and He will reveal what your next step is to be.

 Although God has promised we will bear fruit into old age, remember that fruit is seasonal.  We won’t necessarily bear fruit constantly.  We will have seasons of rest so the soil of our lives won’t be depleted.  When God wants to produce a fresh new crop through you, don’t strive against what is intended to be a time of plowing up and preparing the soil.  It doesn’t mean that you are going to wither.  God promises that you will be filled with living water, bring forth new life, and prosper in all you do.  Trust Him.  He has never been closer.  Become more dependent upon the Lord than ever.  Lose yourself completely in Him so that He becomes everything.  Follow him so closely that you will not miss the harvest He has for you. 

 No matter what age you are, God has a path for you.  Be willing to let Him prepare you as He sees fit.