"My passion and drive are too much for a man my age and I should slow down."
How it sounds in your head: People tell you to 'take it easy' and 'enjoy retirement.' Your intensity makes others uncomfortable. Maybe you're trying too hard to stay relevant instead of accepting that your fire should be dimming.
"Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."
-- Philippians 3:13-14World system using age stereotypes to extinguish God-given passion for end-times assignment.
You ARE more intense than your peers. They're golfing while you're building. They're retiring while you're launching. The cultural narrative says men your age should be winding down, making your continued drive feel out of step.
Simeon was OLD, waiting DECADES for one promise—to see the Messiah before he died. When the moment came, his passion ERUPTED in prophecy that's quoted millennia later. His age didn't dim his fire; it CONCENTRATED it.
I REFUSE the lie that my passion is too much for my age. IT IS WRITTEN that I press toward the goal—Paul wrote this as an OLD man, still RUNNING. My drive is not embarrassing; it's EVIDENCE of continued assignment. IT IS WRITTEN that Simeon's OLD age didn't dim his fire but CONCENTRATED it for his defining moment. I will not retire from destiny to golf away my final years. The BARAK blessing means I am the HEAD, not the tail—I LEAD until my last breath. My fire is FROM GOD.
The Father isn't asking you to slow down—He's ACCELERATING you, because the finish line requires MORE speed, not less. He's running toward you with fresh FIRE for the final lap, not a rocking chair.