"At my age, pursuing fatherhood is selfish. I'll be too old to raise them."
How it sounds in your head: You'll be in your seventies when they're in elementary school. Your eighties at their graduation. You're setting them up for an elderly, possibly absent father. This is about your ego, not their good.
"The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and flourishing."
-- Psalm 92:12-14Enemy using cultural age expectations and false humility to oppose covenant promises and biblical precedents.
Cultural norms define appropriate parenting age. Mortality awareness at sixty makes you acutely conscious of timeline limitations and potential loss for the child.
Caleb was 85 years old and declared, 'I am as strong this day as on the day Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war' - then he proceeded to conquer mountains and giants. Age didn't diminish his capacity for the assignments God gave him.
I REFUSE the lie that age disqualifies me from fatherhood or makes it selfish. IT IS WRITTEN that the righteous bear fruit in old age and remain fresh and flourishing. Caleb conquered mountains at 85 with undiminished strength. Moses led a nation at 120 with undimmed eyes and full vigor. If my Father gives me children in my sixties, He'll give me supernatural vitality to raise them. IT IS WRITTEN that the BARAK blessing includes 'you shall be above only and not beneath' - I receive divine health, extended years, and fresh strength for every assignment. I trust God's timing over cultural expectations.
Your Father is running toward you with Caleb's declaration: 'Give me this mountain!' He's not questioning your age but preparing supernatural strength for the assignments He's ordained for this season.