"Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? And shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?"
(Genesis 17)
Age matters not to the God of the universe regarding unfulfilled dreams. In other words, if you're still breathing, it's not too late. Wrinkles, painful joints, creaking knees, dimming eyesight, and slower gait do not deter the plans of an Almighty God. As a matter of fact, He probably prefers it that way in most cases, because age brings experience, wisdom, and patience. Shall we bear at 75 years of age? "Bear what?" you ask. Bear the dream that you carry, give birth to the groan in your soul, bring forth from the depths of your spirit ... Bear ...
Moses
Does it take the age of youth to stand upon a mountain and command the seas? Do you have to be young to give the command, "Let My People Go!" Does age really matter, in the scheme of things, when sitting on a aerie ledge in foggy coldness waiting for the finger of God to write the law? Does age matter at all to God? Joash was "seven" years old when he began to reign, and reigned forty years in Jerusalem. (II Chronicles 24:1) God looks upon the heart. A praying mother can have a child called from her womb, and a man over a hundred years old can be told to build an Ark to save a remnant. Time is in the hands of God, and He uses it, or diffuses it, as He chooses ... It's not the wrinkles, or lack thereof; it's that pulsing beating heart, that depth and hunger found in the soul that thirsts for God, that elusive unseen feeling in "dust" that will not be satisfied ... without MORE of Him ...
Simeon holding Baby Jesus
"And it was revealed to him by the Holy Ghost that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ." (Luke 2:26) Simeon lived to hold the Lord Jesus Christ in his arms. God keeps us alive for the promise! Do you have a promise? Have you held an elusive dream, so real you can almost feel it coming to pass between your two hands, glowing in the coffers of your soul, a road colorful in beauty and manifestation, for decades? Have you waited and waited, seeing no evidence of the fulfillment? Do you wonder if you should just let the dream go, even though you've worked and prayed for it for so long? Faith is not a "drive through" element. Growth and maturity in God are not instant, microwave heat. No, the fires to produce gold are 1950 degrees F, and the ore or slag may need to be fired more than once. Vessels of honor have been through the fire, endured the flames of persecution and injustice, climbed the mountains of persistence, walked the boardwalks of "faith it till you make it," swam in the deeps of the deep, stood for truth in corridors of misunderstanding, and trusted in times of despair and loss. GOLD is a process; wrinkles are proof of the process ...
Joseph
We live in a world of creams and salves, injections and chemical emulsions to erase the wrinkles of time in order to revive the youth and appear to be what we once were. God knows the wrinkles of His wheel are still etched in the molecules of His beloved creation. We can look as good as we can, but years we cannot erase, trials of a honing God still exist, the molding and kneading of an infinite Creator still have their marks, and the eternal God knows if we're ready or not. "Ready for What?" you ask. Ready for the promise ...
The tears that drip through the wrinkles have oiled the cogs of time and made the way smooth for the impromptu intersection of "destiny." It's not over until the Lord God Jesus Christ says it's over. You're not ended and done until the nail-scarred hands say it's the end; you're not too old, and beyond blessing until the King of Kings stops the flow; if you have a breath left in you ... the windows of heaven can still pour forth ... 
The apostles' Phillip and Paul knew that the word "Wrinkles" means you've waited, you've expected, you've prayed, you've believed, you've stood the test of time, you've been around long enough to gauge the seasons, you've followed the cloud by day and the fire by night, you've dipped the seven times, you've stepped in when the angel troubled the waters, you've bowed low to climb high, you've carried until the "Birth" ...
Simeon holding Jesus Christ
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Pastor Kenneth Phillips
(He's living the Promise)
PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas
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