Wilkes and Macy celebrated their hundredth day of the school year this past week by dressing up as one hundred-year-olds. Macy seems to be aging well, but Wilkes looks a little worried to me. I should probably tell them getting old is not for the faint of heart.
Most of us have access to pictures from birth to now. Take a little time and look back a decade or two or three… and be reminded of God’s faithfulness. He is a good, good Father. Birthdays, baptisms, graduations, travels, family, friends, highs, and lows… God is present.
As He walked the earth, Jesus wanted people of all ages to know the character and love of the Father. So many misrepresented God, but Jesus revealed Him perfectly by His words and actions. ‘Don’t you know? If you’ve seen Me, you’ve seen the Father…’ (see John 14)
Surely this is one of the most important missions of the Body of Christ: to reveal the Father. We can only truly do this through the Holy Spirit He has given us. The Spirit points us to Jesus; Jesus takes us to the Father. There is no rivalry or disunity in the Holy Trinity. Rather, there is perfect harmony and perfect love. The Father has placed us in the Son and has placed His Spirit in our hearts. “It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus…” (I Corinthians 1:30)
May we offer ourselves to Him daily as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable because of the Blood of Jesus. This is our act of worship as we call others to follow the Good Shepherd… who helps us in our aging.
“Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set His seal of ownership on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.” II Corinthians 1:21-22
“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” Romans 12:1
“Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:32