We may think that to be older is to be wiser.
But it may not necessarily always be the case.
Of course, it is the expectation of others that a senior person is wiser, more experienced in life, more exemplary and more dignified.
That can only be possible when a person has the moral guideposts as he/she advances in age.
The 1st reading gives good directions for people as they advance in years.
The older men should be reserved, dignified, moderate, sound in faith and love and constancy.
The older women should behave as though they were religious, with no scandal-mongering and no habitual wine-drinking, and they are to be teachers of the right behaviour to the younger women.
All that might sound rather old-fashioned, given the modern liberal thinking.
But it cannot be denied that there is a firm grounding in what the 1st reading is saying, because God reveals His grace for the salvation of the human race.
And God’s grace teaches us what we have to do is to give up everything that does not lead to God.
So regardless of what our age is, as we advance in years, let us also grow in the grace of God so that we will be examples of sincerity and earnestness with which no one can really find fault with.
After all, we are only God’s servants who must do what God wants of us.