I AM FLOURISHING
Psalm 92:12,13, Amplified Bible
The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like the palm tree [be long-lived, stately, upright, useful, and fruitful]; they shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic, stable, durable, and incorruptible]. Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God.
I love these verses in Psalm 92. We will be studying verses 14 and 15 tomorrow. They are such melodies to my soul.
I am righteous. What does that mean? I have been made right with God and been given His ability to think the way He thinks and to do things the way He doe them. Now that takes some practice and time spent with Him and His Word to learn from His manual (the Bible) how He does things. He thinks differently than you. If you have spent any time with Him, you already know that. Every day we have to renew our minds to way He thinks. For example, He says that we are to give when we need something. In the world we hoard when we are in need. The two ideas are at exactly opposite ends of the pole. But that is the way God is.
Because I am righteous, look at all that I am. First of all, I flourish like a palm tree. Palm trees withstand the storms of life when other trees are uprooted and fall. A palm tree is generally long-lived. It is useful and fruitful. We flourish like the palm tree. Flourish means: To expand, prosper, increase, increase in wealth, enlarge, shoot out, enter into a state of prosperity, become extremely successful. I like that, don’t you? I like to increase in wealth and become extremely successful. Why? So I can help others and bring joy to their lives.
I grow strong like a cedar in Lebanon. I am full of God’s majesty; therefore, I am majestic. I am stable because the Lord of stability lives in me. I am durable because God always endures long. He never wears out. Neither do I, in Him! I am incorruptible because the incorruptible One lives in me. He is incorruptible. Nothing decays Him.
I am planted in the house of the Lord. I am planted there. I am not going anywhere. I am fixed in Him and His house. Because I am planted in the house of the Lord, I flourish (succeed, prosper, increase and expand) in everything I set my hands to do in the courts of my Lord.
How refreshed we are in Him!