How do you stay youthful and radiant in life, no matter what your age?
The key here is to receive from Him!
Yes, you can eat health food, you can eat well, you can sleep well, you can exercise well, you can do all that you can do in the natural (in the physical realm). Nothing wrong with all these.
But nothing beats receiving directly from Him! Because He is a God who is always fresh, full of life, full of energy, full of radiance, and full of glory!
How many of you know that our God is a God who never gets old? No doubt, this earth will get older and older, but our God is not!
Where is the proof?
Revelation 4:2-3 (NKJV) says, 'Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance, and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.'
By the way, 'rainbow' here speaks of our God being a covenant-keeping God. He is a God who keeps His covenant, and He is a God who keeps His promises.
How about 'emerald'? The word 'emerald' here is from the Greek word 'smaragdos', and it simply means 'green gem'. In other words, a precious stone that is green in color.
Now, 'green' is the color in Hebrew for 'life, new life, renewal, refreshing, freshness, healing, victory, prosperity'.
If you look at the verse here, 'emerald' or the color 'green' is the color around God's throne! It means He is full of life, freshness, health, victory, and prosperity!
Therefore, when you look to Him, and as you open your heart to Him and receive from Him, you are receiving all that is in Him and around Him!
Do you see that?
Another revelation I want to share with you from the Bible is our God never gets old! He is eternal and everlasting! He is immortal and timeless (i.e. not bound by time)!
You might ask, "Where in the Bible says so?"
Revelation 4:8 (NKJV) says, 'The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!"'
You see, the living creatures in the spiritual realm are so full of life and energy that they do not rest day or night! It means they can keep going on and on, and yet never grow tired or weary. Wow! And who is their Source? The Lord God Almighty!
Revelation 4:9-11 (NKJV) says, 'Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying: "You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created."'
Aren't you glad that you worship a God who lives forever and ever, who never gets old, and who is full of life and full of glory?
Psalm 90:1-2 (NKJV) says, 'Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.'
Notice the words 'from everlasting to everlasting' here? We humans are used to things getting old on earth. Our belongings can get old. Our car can get old. Our house can get old. Everything in this fallen world gets old. The earth itself gets old. But I tell you what, our God never gets old!
Isaiah 40:28-29 (NKJV) says, 'Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.'
Maybe at the moment, you are feeling weak, and you feel like you cannot carry on anymore. But I want to encourage you today. Look to the Lord and receive strength from Him.
By the way, this word 'everlasting' here is 'olam' in Hebrew. Indeed, the Lord our God is the El Olam, the Everlasting God! He is a God who is forever and ever!
The word 'olam' can mean 'timeless (not bound by time), perpetual, eternal, always there'. In other words, He continues forever and ever, and He is always there for you!
Isaiah 40:30-31 (NKJV) says, 'Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.'
The word 'wait' here is 'qavah' in Hebrew, and in this context, it can mean 'collect from the Lord, gather from the Lord, expect from the Lord, hope in the Lord, bind together with the Lord, or look patiently to the Lord'.
As you 'qavah', your strength shall be renewed! It's an all-rounded strength from the Lord that money cannot buy and no one on earth can give it to you, because it comes only from the Lord!
Let's go all the way to the very first chapter and first verse in the whole Bible. Genesis 1:1 (NKJV) says, 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.'
Look carefully at this verse: 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.'
You see, this verse is not talking about God's beginning. After all, God is Self-Existent. But rather, this verse is talking about the beginning of the heavens and the earth! In other words, He existed even before all these were created!
So, I reiterate that this verse is not talking about God's beginning! Instead, this verse is talking about creation's beginning! It means God was already there even before the earth, the whole universe, or the heavens were created! And that's what Genesis 1:1 tells us!
Therefore, the Bible is very clear that God has always existed! There has never been a time when He didn't exist, and there will never be a time when He stops existing!
There is none like Him!
He is great, and greatly to be praised!
And whatever your situation (or problem) may be at the moment, He is more than enough for you!
So, what's your part right now? What can you do right now? Keep receiving from Him! Never stop receiving from Him! Receive life! Receive refreshing! Receive renewal! Receive all that He wants you to receive from His throne!
And you too shall be full of life and full of the glory of the Lord! Hallelujah!
