"Old people don't get healthy. Old people die." So says the prophet Charles Barkley. We live in a world where until the day that we die we think that we can be healthier or fitter, or stronger. We diet and exercise like it makes a difference. The only way we stop trying is when a health crisis happens and then we are forced to stop. We cannot just say, enough of this, and stop as an act of your will.
Churches and their pastors always think, and often say, that there is a second wave of revival coming. That God will pour out His Spirit on us again. That we will once again see masses of new converts and signs and wonders in every service. And most pastors will not stop until they are dead or incapacitated.
Revival is exciting when it happens. Talk of revival when you are old is annoying. Some people mistake rattle or noise for revival. If our only concern is for the world outside our building we will not even try to minister to those inside the building. We seem to have adopted the seeker sensitive mandate which didn't work for most and doesn't work for the long run.
"But he who endure to the end shall be saved." Matt.24:13 Not he who runs across the finish line.
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