“Now Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron eighty-three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh” (Exodus 7:7 ESV).
The life of Moses can be divided into three 40-year phases. The first 40 years of his life, he lived as a prince of Egypt, the second, as a shepherd in Midian, and the third, as the deliverer of Israel. It took 80 years for God to get Moses prepared to deliver His people. That’s a long education. Yet finally, he was both humble and obedient enough for God to use. The last 40 years of his life were devoted to being God’s man, leading Israel out of Egypt and into the land of Canaan. The most powerful and productive years of Moses’ life were the years after 80. For he gave his life completely over to God.
What’s your plan for your later years? You’re never too old or too young for a God-sized calling to capture your life! Instead of retiring, why not view your later years as a time to retool. Learn something new to reequip yourself and reenergize yourself. Answer the calling you’ve been afraid to answer. Give yourself wholly to the Lord. Perhaps life’s greatest adventure is only just beginning.
PRAYER: Lord, we want to continually say ‘yes’ to the calling you have on our life. We don’t want to waste one minute of the life You have given us. We turn every area of our lives over to You. We are Your servants. In Jesus’ name, Amen.