Old Men Will Dream Dreams
Doug Giles -- sermon recorded in Liberty Fellowship, Wimberley Texas
What if there was more to life after sixty than shuffleboard, knitting, cruises, and golf? How would life be different if everyone in the home stretch in life finished strong?
If not ‘everyone’ how about the Christians take God at His Word and live like His promises can be trusted?
In business, we often hear the ‘late start in life’ stories about guys like Colonel Sanders. But what about Christians daring to use the phase of life where you’ve got ‘all the time in the world’ to unleash God’s Kingdom here on Earth?
Maybe it’s a business idea. Or an art project. Or the Great American novel. Maybe it’s mentoring. Or starting a ministry or outreach to people in need. Maybe developing a new skill set so that it can be used to bless others… or using what you already know.
There are as many answers to the ‘what if’ question as there are people to ask it.
Is the God we believe in — REALLY believe in — cut down to size so that he can be squeezed into our comfortable lives? Or are we going to dare the God who can carry galaxies in his pocket to trust us with a plan Worthy of His name… a summit-or-plummet task that is doomed to fail unless HE shows up to keep his promises.
Whoever said that the last chapters in life had to be boring? They can be the greatest adventure of your life.
Before you wave that away as some kind of an over-hyped pep talk, look at what the Word itself has to say about exactly this issue:
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