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“Though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16).
Two days ago we were noticing that when we get old, the pleasures of this life often do not have much attraction for us. Both our minds and bodies are failing, and we do not have the interest or the energy to do the things we did when we were young. However, if we know the Lord, we find the truth of our verse today. The outward man may be slowly going downhill, but the Lord renews the inward man day by day.
I remember having lunch a few years ago with an older man who had Alzheimer’s disease. I had known him well for many years, but as I tried to have a conversation with him, I found that much of what he said to me did not make sense. However, when I spoke to him about the things of the Lord, I found that he responded quite normally, and everything he said concerning spiritual things made perfect sense. Why was that? It was because the Spirit of God that was in him was renewing his inward man, and he was enjoying those things, even if his mind was not totally clear on natural things. He had indeed remembered his Creator when he was young, and he was getting the benefit of it when he was older.
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