Spiritually Flourishing

Meditations, Reflections, Insights

 Psalm 92: 1-2 and vv.12-15 

                                                          

Spiritually Flourishing

 

1.  It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High.

      a) How often do I give thanks and give praise? 

      b) When is the most likely time I do? 

      c) When do I most likely forget to give thanks and praise His name? 

2.  To declare Your loving-kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness every night.

      a) What are the first thoughts and the first words out of my heart and my mouth in the morning?

      b) In what way(s) did God show His faithfulness yesterday and through the night?

12. The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree (symbol of being victorious), he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (Cedars grow in forests and therefore help each other withstand the storms). Another way to look at a Palm tree is as a symbol of a single victorious witness and the cedar as a collective witness/testimonial as a church.

13. Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.  When we are firmly rooted in the Word of God and seeking to live our lives in His presence and for His glory, desiring His will rather than our own, we will flourish in our spiritual life and become a light in this dark world.  As a moth is attracted to the light, seekers will be attracted to those who are letting their light shine brightly and are always prepared to give an answer for the reason for the hope that is in them. And they will do so with gentleness and respect.  (1 Peter 3:15)

14. They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and flourishing.   Even though as we age our bodies begin their wearing out and we often have to adjust to aches and pains, our hearing and/or vision depreciates, and we have difficulties in other areas, the one area that is not wearing out is our spiritual life.  Our spiritual life will still flourish as we feed on the manna and drink of the Spirit and look to the Son.  This reminds me of 2 Corinthians 4:16-18.

Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at things that are seen, but at the things which are not seen.  For the things that are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.  (The "Therefore" at the beginning of this passage refers to vv. 7-15)  2 Corinthians 4:16-18.

15. To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.  He is the Rock of our salvation, and He is full of grace and truth. (John 1). He is the Way and the Truth and the Life (John 14).

What are your thoughts on God's faithfulness and on spiritually flourishing?  Please share your thoughts or experience so others may be encouraged...if you are comfortable doing so.

~Annie~