When My Strength Is Spent
May 07, 2017
"Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent."
- Psalm 71:9, ESV
The day comes when we have no strength.
Old age can be a recurring theme even in our youth.
"I'm sick and tired of ..."
We've declared it and we have experienced it even as young people.
We have also feared being cast off and forsaken, used up, worn out, tossed aside, marginalized, and shelved.
We want to finish strong even if we are weak. We want to continue to have significance even after our vitality is depleted. We want to be used by God even after our prescribed days of usefulness are thought to be passed.
This is not only the prayer of our aging years, but of every passing year as life passes by.