Carried Along in God’s Grace

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

June 6, 2025

Carried Along in God’s Grace

I will be your God throughout your lifetime—

    until your hair is white with age.

I made you, and I will care for you.

    I will carry you along and save you.

Isaiah 46:4 

Recently, I was asked my age. I slyly replied I was “Plus eight.” Recalling that Psalm 90:10 puts the human lifespan at “three score and ten” (KJV) I am plus eight years. Even so, I hold dearly to the promise of God that “I will be your God throughout your lifetime.”

Not long ago, Cheryl and I had the opportunity to spend time with a person who had received a terminal diagnosis. We listened carefully, and when asked questions we responded with the Godly wisdom we had gained in decades of pastoral ministry, which includes sitting with scores of saints preparing to pass into God’s glory. We both departed from this encounter with a deep awareness that God isn’t through with us. Our Gracious Master is indeed carrying us along.

My Takeaway: I am acutely aware of my long list of things I will not get to do again. Age has a way of narrowing our focus. I am also very much aware of what I can, though Jesus, still offer in service to my Lord. Taking comfort in He who made me, and He who will care for me, helps me stay in the grace for today. 

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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