The righteous bear fruit in old age - EVER full of sap and green. Is there a more youthful phrase indicating new life than 'sap and green?' Gray hairs and wrinkled skin are a reminders to us that we have purpose every day. We are to bear fruit for as long as we are here on earth. Declare that the LORD is upright and there is no unrighteousness in Him! God speaks of bearing fruit throughout scripture without ever mentioning an age limit.
It's so easy to put yourself on the shelf as you get older. Where is the value in that? When we are of no more use to the Lord, then He will take us home. Until then, get busy! Someone needs encouragement, someone needs a kind word, and there are those who just need someone to listen to them.
Colossians 1:9-10 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Be full of sap and green! Tell someone how good God has been to you. They need so desperately to hear it. You need to share it.
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