"I'm too old to start over. My best opportunities are gone."
How it sounds in your head: You're 35, not 25. The successful guys already made it by now. Everyone hiring wants someone younger and hungrier. You missed your window. Should've started this years ago.
"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you."
-- Joel 2:25Enemy: Steals hope by making age the disqualifier instead of covenant position
Every job posting says 'recent grad' or shows twentysomethings in the promo. Your body doesn't recover like it used to and guys younger than you are already VP level.
Moses was 80 years old when he started his life's greatest work—leading Israel out of Egypt. He spent 40 years thinking he was done, then God used him for 40 MORE years in the most significant assignment in Hebrew history.
I REFUSE the lie that my age disqualifies me from God's best. IT IS WRITTEN that God will RESTORE the years the locust has eaten—not just give me scraps, but RESTORE FULL YEARS. My breakthrough is not based on my age but on my POSITION in Christ. I am Abraham's seed, and the BARAK blessing that protected liars, deceivers, and murderers protects ME. IT IS WRITTEN that the gifts and calling of God are WITHOUT REPENTANCE—He doesn't change His mind based on my birthday. I am the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath, blessed coming in and blessed going out, RIGHT NOW.
The Father sees you exactly where Moses was at 80—right before the GREATEST chapter. He's not concerned about your resume's dates; He's running toward you with the RING of authority and the ROBE of identity, and the assignment fits your NOW, not your past.