Facing Our Limitations

-August 4, 2025-

Good morning beloved, happy Monday,

“My flesh and my heart may fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”

(Psalm 73:26).

As we grow older, we come to the harsh reality that we have more and more limitations. We can’t see as well, hear as well, walk as fast, move as well or remember things as well as we used to.

These bodies are wearing out. The psalmist tells us, “My flesh and my heart may fail..” Instead of fighting it, we must face it and embrace it. We all have weaknesses, challenges, and obstacles we go through on a daily basis.

The psalmist found the answer, the elixir of life, “But God is the strength (or rock) of my heart and my portion forever.” God hears and answers our prayers and promises to help us in every way, every day.

Paul writing to the Corinthians wrote, “Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16). Man’s priorities are body, soul, and spirit—God’s priorities are in reverse order: spirit, soul, and body.

May we focus our attention on things above not the things of the earth. God promises to take care of us, even as we age. Let us do all we can for a long as we can, the best we can. We aren’t helpless but we need a little help. One of the hardest things we can ask for is help.

Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.

Though we have many limitations, God has not a single one.

Dean