Episode 61- Psalm 92 - God's Will Is For Us To Flourish

Psalm 92:12-15 (Amplified)

The righteous will flourish like the date palm (long-lived, upright, and useful); they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon (majestic and stable). Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. (Growing in grace) they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age; they will flourish and be vital and fresh (rich in trust and love and contentment); (they are living memorials) to declare that the LORD is upright and faithful (to His promises); He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. 

 

You can land on these verses and camp here and build here and live here - that’s how tremendous this is.

 

Okay, the righteous (that’s all of us who have our righteousness in Christ alone) will flourish - be long-lived, this isn’t a short-term kinda thing here - be upright cuz who considers sideways or downward growth to be like super healthy? No, you’ll be upright - you won’t be bowing to every circumstance and every plot of the enemy. No you will be upright - and you will be useful.

 

You will grow like a cedar in Lebanon - you my friend will be majestic and you will be stable. Stable. What kind of comfort does that bring to us all after 2020, the year of instability. Keep yourself planted in the house of the Lord because right there, in His courts, you will flourish. Stay in the Word. Be connected with other believers - and ya know at least one or two Christians in your life really should be challenging you in your faith somehow. We don’t need only yes men, we need growers to spur us on toward love and good deeds (that’s from Hebrews 10:24)

 

You will be growing in grace and you will thrive and you will bear fruit and in your old age you are going to prosper.  It continues by promising you will be vital (hey, you are needed you are necessary you are mission critical when you are elderly - might be a slap in the face of consumerism mentality at times, that you are kind of used up once you’re not in those middle of life years as a worker bee, but this ain’t no bee hive and God doesn’t ever set us aside - set us apart? Yup set us aside? nope) And you’ll be fresh in your old age.

 

You are a living memorial, right now, and your life is declaring that the Lord is upright and He is faithful to His promises. Then the very last part of verse 15 is like a personal declaration - it says “He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him”. I hope this is your declaration today. Is Jesus your rock? Oh He wants to be. Build on Him and you will find yourself on solid ground in any and every storm and what you build will outlast this world.

 

The word flourishing in verse 14 is the Hebrew word rahanawn probably said that all wrong & it means to be green, verdant, fresh, luxuriant, full of leaves, growing profusely. In verses 12 & 13 it’s the Hebrew word parach which means to break forth, sprout, spread, grow to thrive.

 

You are flourishing when you know God’s gracious presence in every part of your life.

 

In this psalm, the two go together. Real freedom is both of those things, not just one or the other.  And Ezekiel 34:25 kind of gives more insight if you’d like to look it up and read it sometime.   

It’s about God’s gracious provision for us coupled with the security we have in Him.

 

In our private lives and in our public or work lives, all areas, there we have God’s peace, God’s blessing, God’s favor. So peace goes far beyond a warm fuzzy feeling. 

So, would you say this accurately or inaccurately sums up things for you right now?

 

God wants you to flourish. That is why it’s in His Word - so that you can know that you know that you know it is His will. And you can pray His will and you’ll never be praying amiss.

 

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