I have noticed many of my friends and colleagues are transitioning, a.k.a. retiring from their careers. Some have asked how I have enjoyed my career and when I will be retiring. At 72 I suppose it is an innocent and natural question. But I do not think you retire from a calling. It might change in form or function or perhaps in direction, but a calling does not have term limits.
Let me give you three reasons. First, as we all know, the word retire is not in the New Testament. Second, calling is always attached to one’s spiritual gifting, and again, gifting does not seem to have a shelf life in the New Testament. Third, every Christian will give an account of the investment of their life before the Lord Jesus Christ at the judgment seat of Christ, the Bema seat. (2 Cor. 5:9-19; Rom. 14:10; I Peter 1:17; I Cor. 3-4, 9:24-27)
As long as I have a lung and as long as I have a tongue, I am compelled to fulfill my calling of ministry. And so, I live today as I look toward that day. At this point in my life, it is not about adding years to my life, but adding life to the years I have left.
Serving Him with you Until He comes for us. Fred | 
