The Next Phase of My Life

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There is a purpose statement buried in these words - a purpose for our final third or fourth of life:

 

"... until I proclaim your might to another generation,

your power to all those to come..."

 

We may have entered the time when we are not primarily building our own ministries and legacies, but those of the next generations. In many ways, that is always the case at every stage of life ... but it becomes more of a priority as we age.

 

We say, "but I am not done building our own," and God says, "It never was your own in the first place."

 

That becomes clearer with the years.

 

It never was mine to build for myself.

 

And then, there comes great joy in proclaiming to another generation.

 

That is where I want to invest the next phase of my existence on this planet.

 

" O God, from my youth you have taught me,

and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

So even to old age and gray hairs,

O God, do not forsake me,

until I proclaim your might to another generation,

your power to all those to come.

Your righteousness, O God,

reaches the high heavens.

You who have done great things,

O God, who is like you?

You who have made me see many troubles and calamities

will revive me again;

from the depths of the earth

you will bring me up again.

You will increase my greatness

and comfort me again."

(Psalm 71:17-21 ESV)