Flourish
Psalm 92:12-15 has much to say about flourishing and growing. Let’s look at these verses today. They are such powerful verses describing the life of the righteous. This is the Old Testament, the Old Covenant. It is talking about the righteous, even before Jesus came and became sin for us so that we might become righteous. The Old Testament saints were righteous by faith. It was credited to them as if they were already righteous.
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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.
[Growing in grace] they shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap [of spiritual vitality] and [rich in the] verdure [of trust, love, and contentment].
[They are living memorials] to show that the Lord is upright and faithful to His promises; He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
We see the words “flourish,” “grow” and “verdure” several times in these verses. Actually, the theme of these verses is flourishing or growing. We as God’s people are to flourish in this world right now; we don’t have to wait until we get to heaven to flourish. Let’s look at these words.
The word “verdure” means: vigorous, flourishing, growing condition.
The word “flourish” in the Strong’s Concordance means: to break forth as a bud, blossom, grow, spread, spring up, make fly—fly (as extending the wings) to be extreme, enlarged, to enter into a state of prosperity, increase, multiply, thrive.
Look at the word "multiply" in the Strong’s Concordance in Genesis 17:1,2. God was talking to Abraham as the Almighty God of Covenant when He told Abraham that He would multiply him exceedingly.
Multiply: to increase, bring in abundance, enlarge, excel, exceedingly, be full, (be, make) great (er, ly, X-ness), grow up, heap, increase, nourish, plenty (eous), more, much, greater.
The definition of “flourish” in Webster’s 1828 Dictionary is: open, expand, enlarge, shoot out as in glory, thrive, grow luxuriantly, increase, enlarge as a healthy, growing plant, be prosperous, increase in wealth and honor, grow in grace and good works, be in prosperous state.
The definition of prosper is: to favor, to render successful, to be successful, to succeed, to grow or increase, thrive, make gain, having success, favored, rendering successful, advancing in growth, wealth or any good.
The definition of favor is: to afford advantage for success, to regard with kindness, to support, to aid or have the disposition to aid, to wish success to, to encourage
The definition of succeed or success is: to obtain the object desired, to accomplish what is intended or attempted, having the desired effect, prosperous, prosperous conclusion.
The definition of prosperity is: advance or gain in any thing good or desirable, success, attainment of object desired.
The definition of prosperous is: advancing in the pursuit of any thing desirable, making gain or increase, thriving, successful, favorable, favoring success
The definition of prosperously is: with gain or increase
Do you see the similarity of the definitions in the dictionary and the meaning of the Hebrew words. We see the words increase, multiply, prosper, enlarge, full, plenty, thrive, bud and blossom, grow, succeed, advance. God is telling us that we as His righteous ones are to thrive in this world in every area of our lives. We are to be the successful ones. We are to be the ones who are prospering and increasing. We are to be examples to the rest of the world. We are to show them that serving the Lord is a joyous, delightful, wonderful privilege. He takes care of His own children. We do not lack or want for any good thing.
God is in covenant with us and He is saying: You will flourish, break forth like a bud and blossom, spread your wings and fly, thrive and grow and increase and expand and enlarge and be in a prosperous state, a successful place of growing and increase. You will thrive, gain, and advance in achieving the desired end result, accomplishing what is intended. YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL! YOU WILL SUCCEED!
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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.
[Growing in grace] they shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap [of spiritual vitality] and [rich in the] verdure [of trust, love, and contentment].
[They are living memorials] to show that the Lord is upright and faithful to His promises; He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
We see the words “flourish,” “grow” and “verdure” several times in these verses. Actually, the theme of these verses is flourishing or growing. We as God’s people are to flourish in this world right now; we don’t have to wait until we get to heaven to flourish. Let’s look at these words.
The word “verdure” means: vigorous, flourishing, growing condition.
The word “flourish” in the Strong’s Concordance means: to break forth as a bud, blossom, grow, spread, spring up, make fly—fly (as extending the wings) to be extreme, enlarged, to enter into a state of prosperity, increase, multiply, thrive.
Look at the word "multiply" in the Strong’s Concordance in Genesis 17:1,2. God was talking to Abraham as the Almighty God of Covenant when He told Abraham that He would multiply him exceedingly.
Multiply: to increase, bring in abundance, enlarge, excel, exceedingly, be full, (be, make) great (er, ly, X-ness), grow up, heap, increase, nourish, plenty (eous), more, much, greater.
The definition of “flourish” in Webster’s 1828 Dictionary is: open, expand, enlarge, shoot out as in glory, thrive, grow luxuriantly, increase, enlarge as a healthy, growing plant, be prosperous, increase in wealth and honor, grow in grace and good works, be in prosperous state.
The definition of prosper is: to favor, to render successful, to be successful, to succeed, to grow or increase, thrive, make gain, having success, favored, rendering successful, advancing in growth, wealth or any good.
The definition of favor is: to afford advantage for success, to regard with kindness, to support, to aid or have the disposition to aid, to wish success to, to encourage
The definition of succeed or success is: to obtain the object desired, to accomplish what is intended or attempted, having the desired effect, prosperous, prosperous conclusion.
The definition of prosperity is: advance or gain in any thing good or desirable, success, attainment of object desired.
The definition of prosperous is: advancing in the pursuit of any thing desirable, making gain or increase, thriving, successful, favorable, favoring success
The definition of prosperously is: with gain or increase
Do you see the similarity of the definitions in the dictionary and the meaning of the Hebrew words. We see the words increase, multiply, prosper, enlarge, full, plenty, thrive, bud and blossom, grow, succeed, advance. God is telling us that we as His righteous ones are to thrive in this world in every area of our lives. We are to be the successful ones. We are to be the ones who are prospering and increasing. We are to be examples to the rest of the world. We are to show them that serving the Lord is a joyous, delightful, wonderful privilege. He takes care of His own children. We do not lack or want for any good thing.
God is in covenant with us and He is saying: You will flourish, break forth like a bud and blossom, spread your wings and fly, thrive and grow and increase and expand and enlarge and be in a prosperous state, a successful place of growing and increase. You will thrive, gain, and advance in achieving the desired end result, accomplishing what is intended. YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL! YOU WILL SUCCEED!
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 9:03 AM
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