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17th June 2025
TuesdayReflection
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'Whitney V. Myers'
God immediately gave me the desire to read
and study the Bible.
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Even to Your Old Age
I am your God and will take care of you until you are old and your hair is grey. I made you and will care for you; I will give you help and rescue you.
.....Isaiah 46 v 4 GNT
If you already are in your "greying years," how have you experienced God's grace and care for you as you have aged?
If you are young, how does God's promise to carry you to "hoar hairs" give you hope for the future (from Old English grey hairs)?
God encouraged the remnant of Israelites held in captivity in Babylon.
By the words, "I am he," God explained that he is the same God who had carried them from their birth, and that he had not abandoned them.
The scripture had a meaning for the Israelites both in the national sense and in the personal sense.
In the national sense, God had carried the Israelites since their birth as a nation, when God delivered them from Egypt.
For example, God told the Israelites that in the wilderness he had "carried them, as a man carries his son"
Deuteronomy 1:31 NKJV
In the personal sense, God was with them all the time from their own birth, and was carrying them throughout their lives into old age, and would never forsake them.
This same principle applies to us today who believe in God and trust him.
God takes care of us throughout our lives as children and adults, and we continue to experience God's grace and care in our years of old age and grey hair.
Notice in Isaiah 46:5, that God invited the remnant of Israel to compare himself to the idols of Babylon.
God has carried (and still carries) his people.
Idols need to be carried by the people who worship them.
Idols cannot deliver their worshipers from trouble.
God delivers his worshipers out of all their troubles
Psalm 34:17.
The King James Version uses an interesting word to describe God's care for us through all of our life to advanced age -- "even to hoar hairs will I carry you"
The old English word, "hoar" (spelled "h-o-a-r") dates to before the 12th century and refers to the greyish white colour of hoarfrost.
In the Bible, God promises to carry us even to the time of our literal "hoary head".
God's tender care for us lasts from our infancy, through our childhood and adulthood, to our old age and grey hairs.
God's care for us exceeds that even of our earthly parents.
Even when our earthly parents have passed away and we ourselves are reaching "old age," "the everlasting arms" of God "never weary".
The same God who has made us also walks with us as children and as adults.
God does not cast us off in the time of old age or when infirmities come.
God does not forsake us when our strength fails.
As we age, we who believe and trust in God continue to learn more each day about God's grace.
God continually "bears us" [lifts us up]
God delivers us through all of our trials.
And, when our physical life is completed, God will carry us to our heavenly home
(Luke 16:22, Luke 23:43, John 14:2-3).
Give thanks to God for his care for you, and for how he has carried you through your life, especially through trials.
Be assured and know that God will be with you into your old age and grey hairs.
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This is an edited version.
The full article and Bible references are avaiable on request
'Whitney V. Myers - Author'
I committed my life to Christ in 1974.
When I became a Christian, God freed me from being a worrier.
God taught me how to pray about everything and how to have God's peace that passes understanding (Philippians 4:6-7).
God also gave me the spiritual gift of administration (1 Corinthians 12:28) and the skills to lead others.
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