UCB WORD FOR TODAY – 22ND AUGUST 2025 (FRIDAY DAILY DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE)
Read UCB Word For Today 22nd August 2025 Daily Devotional by United Christian Broadcasters
TOPIC: Don’t be afraid of getting old
‘I have finished my course.’
2 Timothy 4:7 KJV
Before he was put to death for his faith, Paul wrote: ‘I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day’ (vv. 7-8 KJV). Up until the moment he was executed, Paul kept writing truths that would change the world. He could say, ‘I have finished my course,’ but never once did he say, ‘I give up!’ Did he have reasons to give up? Sure, he had been persecuted by his enemies and deserted by his friends. What kept him going? The vision that burned in his heart (see Acts 26:19).
As long as you have a vision, you will never be ‘old’. To overcome the fear of ageing, you must do these:
1) Maintain an attitude of faith and expectation. As long as you believe your best days are ahead of you – they are!
2) Instead of obsessing about the good old days, seek ways to make new memories. For example, try celebrating the holidays in different ways, in different places, and with different people. If you want what you don’t have, then you must start doing what you haven’t done yet.
3) Get your financial house in order. ‘A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children’ (Proverbs 13:22 NKJV). And the greatest legacy you can leave is not money; it’s love, faithfulness, integrity, and an example of godly living. As a redeemed child of God, when you die, you go to a better place – but your goal should be to leave the world a better place.
Further Reading: Proverbs 22-24, 1 Corinthians 16
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