Psalm 92:12

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

 DAILY READING

Luke 5:27-39; Genesis 1:1-2:25; Psalm 1

We have come into a new season. God is doing a new thing. He is preparing a people for His glory, a mighty army on the face of the earth. They are a strong race, people who will not bow to oppositions. Whatever they face, they will take the licking and still keep ticking. They are likened to the palm tree. Psalm 92:12 says it flourishes despite opposition. Through great storms, the palm tree not only survives but thrives stronger.

News coverage of hurricane Katrina in 2005, gave special coverage to the palm tree. After the worst hurricane that ever devastated the U.S, with houses destroyed, cars overturned, and tons of littered debris, many palm trees survived unaffected. While bigger trees snapped like toothpicks in the wind, the palm trees remained unbroken. This, because of their genetic make-up for strong roots and flexibility. The palm tree can bend, even flatten almost horizontal to the ground, yet not break. Once the storm is over, it just pops back up to its original position.

Scientists also found the storm actually makes  this tree stronger. So when David says that the righteous will flourish like the Palm Tree, it means that despite the storms of life, they will survive, rise again, and keep flourishing. In fact, the storms only come to make them stronger. They may bend, but they are getting right back up again!

Proverbs 24:16 says the righteous man falls seven times and yet rises again. You are undefeatable. As part of the army God is raising in this end-time, understand that your case is different. You are built to last. So, no matter what you are facing now, rise up! You’re not broken! The stronger one lives in you, and because He lives, you shall live also. Keep your root grounded in the Word of God, and you will only grow stronger as the storm rages.

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to stand strong despite the fierce winds of oppositions. I thank You for the grace to always rise stronger and better. 

 Quote: 

True success is not verifiable in the fact that a man has never fallen before but in the fact that he did not only fall but also got up.

– WORDBITE 222.

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