I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

Psalm 37:25

For meditation

The conversation behind them was interesting, so the old couple eavesdropped with curiosity.

“The time to make money is now, sister! Get it, by hook or crook, or live to regret it when age catches up with you,” the young man said to his lady friend. My children are still young, and I need to make and save money for their future. I cannot spend my time on other things.

“So true, brother! That’s why I can’t commit to service now. The pastor has tried to get me on several committees, but there is too much on my plate now. Who wants their children to curse them for being irresponsible in their prime age?”

The old couple, now grey-haired and with grace adorning them, turned to each other and smiled. The man tenderly said to his dear wife, quoting the Psalmist,

“I was young, and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken…”

The old lady, with equal candor, and the same smile her husband has adored for the past 55 years, completed the timeless Davidic Psalm with her lifelong sweetheart in unison, “… Or their children begging for bread!” (Ps. 37:25). They have trusted the faithfulness of God all their lives and have tasted the goodness of the Lord. 

What a testimony! Isn’t it nice to see such time-tested faith on display? Can you feel the expression of confidence in the God who honors integrity, never turns His back on His faithful servants, and blesses the children of those who fear Him (Dan. 6:4, 22; Ps. 103:17; 112:1-9)?

I pray you will take counsel from David’s affirmation in this Psalm today and reap the peace that crowns the faithful righteous in their golden years.

May you not allow Job’s confession that what he feared most had come upon him, to become your confession (3:25). Rather may you trust the Lord’s unfailing love and faithfulness as you devote your life to Christ and direct your children in the way of righteousness.

 Shalom