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 VITAL AND GREEN

Psalm 92:12-15

12 But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.

13 For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.
14 Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.
15 They will declare, “The Lord is just! He is my rock! There is no evil in him!”

 

I am in my 73rd year and have been following Jesus Christ as Lord of my life since August 28, 1970. He had made Himself real to me at the age of seven but there wasn’t strong grounding beneath me due to a lack of available discipleship in 1958. At 19 Jesus became more than “fire insurance” and at a coffee house outreach named The Well near the University of Texas campus in Austin I had a group of godly men pour their lives into me and disciple me well. The Rev. Dick Pickens, who is celebrating his first birthday in heaven today, was such a one, a strong mentor and beloved ally in God.

 

I knew from watching Pastor Pickens that “…the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon. For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God. Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.”

 

It is an encouragement to know that I still draw breath because the Lord still has fruit to bear in and through my life. I pray that I may become even more and more yielded to His will and ways and that the Holy Spirit will more and more live out the Life of Jesus in me so I can remain vital and green, supple in the Hands of the Lord. He IS just! He IS my rock! There is no evil, no darkness, no shadow due to variance or change.


Psalm 92 is an encouragement to me this day.




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