"You're too set in your ways; you can't learn or adapt anymore."
How it sounds in your head: I'm rigid. Change is hard. I can't keep up with new technology or ideas. My brain doesn't work like it used to. I'm stuck in old patterns and can't break free.
"Through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."
-- Lamentations 3:22-23World + Enemy: Cultural stereotypes about cognitive decline partnering with limiting beliefs about neuroplasticity and change capacity.
Technology confuses him, he forgets names, learning new things takes longer, and people make jokes about old dogs and new tricks. His preferences are established and change feels harder than it used to.
Abraham was 75 years old when God told him to leave everything familiar and go to a place he'd never been. He adapted to complete life change in his seventies—learning new cultures, languages, and ways of living.
I REFUSE the lie that I'm too set in my ways. IT IS WRITTEN: His mercies are NEW every morning. New. Every. Morning. Fresh starts at EVERY age. IT IS WRITTEN: He makes all things new. Not 'keeps old things going'—makes ALL things NEW. I walk in the BARAK blessing where Abraham at 75 left everything familiar and adapted to complete life change. The blessing includes supernatural capacity to learn, adapt, and change at ANY age.
Father is releasing fresh grace RIGHT NOW for new learning, new adaptations, and new patterns. What feels rigid to you is soft clay in His hands. He's about to surprise you with your own capacity to change and grow in areas you thought were fixed.