How can Seniors serve the Lord?

Some might say, “We are to old to serve!”, some might say “What could I do to serve the Lord?” But I believe we serve the Lord in different ways at different times in our Lives. Some seniors are still working full time and have less time to do some types of service. But some are retired and have more time to serve the Lord.

The Bible tells us that Moses was 120 years old when he told the Israelites that he could no longer lead them, and that God had told him he would not cross over to the Promised Land. But until that time, he had guided the nation of Israel out of Egypt and across the dessert, I don’t think I could do that, and I am way younger than Moses. But God is not asking me to lead a nation across the dessert. But he is asking me and all of us to serve him. Bob and Anna Nilsen are serving as missionaries in the DR. Tim and Evelyn Wolf also serves as missionaries in the DR on a part time basis.

What are some ways we can serve the Lord as we get older? We can mentor younger Christians and share with them what we have learnt through our journey with the Lord. Sometimes a person just needs someone to spend some time with them, maybe go out to eat together, just so that they can share their burden with us, and they may just need us to listen to what they have to say, and hold them up in prayer as they struggle with balancing work and family and their service to the Lord. We can be understanding, gently lead, and show them compassion. We can be the hands and feet of Jesus. We can reach out to others with love and kindness. We can pray for our missionaries, we can send them letters to let them know we are thinking of them and encourage them, we can check on each other and help each other with tasks that we cannot do alone, but can do together. We can encourage our Pastors, leaders, and working in the church. Some of can bake and make treats for our kids, for example VBS, or just as a encouragement to someone who would enjoy the treats, but maybe are no longer able to them the treats for themselves.

Also if we are physically able, we can volunteer at Rest Homes – they need people who are just willing to sit and visit with someone, again sharing time with them. Just think how lonely it would be to be a patient in a rest home and no one comes to visit you, this does happen, for a variety of reasons, maybe they have no family still left, maybe their family lives far away and can’t come often, just think how you would feel if you were them. Wouldn’t you want someone to show the new pictures of your grandkids that you just received, or to share your happiness about a recent wedding, or great achievement that has happened in their family? Or just maybe they would like to share their concerns about their health with someone they know will be praying for them, or maybe they just want someone to come and pray with them.