MONDAY - 5TH JANUARY, 2026
BECAUSE MAN GOES TO HIS LONG HOME - I Still Have Pleasure Series 005
"Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:"
Naturally and because man goes to his long home - the grave, he successively begins to die. As we mark each birthday, we actually take a step closer to death. Yet, we celebrate it! What an irony. As a man ages, certain potencies, strength and effectualness of his begin to depreciate. He begins to lose it one by one. It is to one big end - because he goes or is being prepared for his long home.
What amazes us in nature is that we can never remain young as we are today. We will age. That growth however is into depreciation. When the Bible says, "Remember now thy Creator in the days of your youth while the evil days come not nor the years when you'll say you have no pleasure in them", it was referencing old age and the need to quickly serve God when you can. As a man grows on and on, he loses desires in life and what it has to offer. Have you seen a ninety year old man whose dream is still to conquer the world? Have you seen an eighty five year old woman who's not content with daily bread but has her eyes up in the sky looking to make new marks for herself?
All those new and great works rarely happen for them at such age. As a matter of fact, they have come to be quieten at heart to take the back stage. If it is retirement, they retired long ago in their sixties. If it is child bearing, they ended that decades ago. Those they now receive are grand or great grand children being born on their knees. At such times, they are off the scene but in the secret of the home waiting for their Lord to come and for their work to follow them.
It humbles me that we will naturally depreciate bodily. The senses that were once active would depreciate. Vulnerability to cold and risk of sicknesses may be higher. Yet, all for one reason - because man goes to his long home.
It is a natural law. That is why you cannot refuse to die. Physically, everyone will die. That's because God has put a law in nature to wind us down physically until our body can no longer carry our spirit and soul again. It is at this young age you see it as an abomination to die. Once you reach a great age, death will be a reward to you. You will await when it will come to free you into your freedom and inheritance especially if you're born again.
But the good news is that while you wait for your long home, the dew of youthfulness miraculously can still rest on you. You can still escape from the frailties of many. Abraham and Sarah escaped from such as we saw in yesterday's devotional. Sarah asked, "Shall I still have pleasure or sexual desire for sex?" (Gen.18:12) but God fixed it. A ninety year old woman had her sexual urge woken up. And this is where the Word of God finds fulfilment that "in your old age, you shall still bear fruits" (Psalm 92:14).
That "you will still bring forth fruits" shows it should have been impossible except by the Lord's doing. Because of your intimacy with God however, you'll receive a renewal of mind and strength from Him to be resharpened and reorganized. Sarah had lost her sexual interest but what should we say to her getting it back? That's why you'll occasionally hear that one aged man still does something deserving of applause. That would raise questions, "even at that age?" Yes, even at that age. Even in your old age, you shall still bring forth fruits. As you wait for your long home, you shall still be productive - useful in counselling couples, raising children, writing books, speaking in seminars and being sought nationally. You won't just collapse and die. You'll use yourself fully.
PRAYER: Even at my old age, I shall bring forth fruits. I receive a bracing and renewal of mind and physical strength from God. His mind still sips into mine.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 11:1-13:4, Matthew 5:1-26, Psalm 5:1-12, Proverbs 1:24-28
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