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“And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated” (Deuteronomy 34:7).
Moses’ life can be divided into three sections of forty years. He was forty years growing up in Pharaoh’s court, then forty years keeping sheep in the backside of the desert, and finally forty years leading the children of Israel through the desert towards the land of Canaan. In our verse today, we read that at the end of his life, he was just as strong and healthy as ever. His eyes were good, and his natural strength was the same. Why was this?
Normally as people get older, they get weaker, and their bodies start to fail. For example, by the time Isaac was one hundred and twenty years old, his eyes were dim and he could not see very well. But the Lord had a work for Moses to do, and in order to do it well, he needed good eyes and full strength. The Lord gave that to him and preserved his health.
The Lord can do that for you and me today as well. If He has something for us to do, He will give us the strength for it. We may not live to one hundred and twenty years with our full strength, but the Lord will see to it that we have the strength to do what He wants us to do.
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