What kind of flourishing do you aim at? What kind of a person does that make you?
Only a fool would not understand this: Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
Psalm 92:6-7
Weeds flourish, growing fast and taking over, but their end is the dump. This is the flourishing of the wicked, who manipulate and control.
But the godly will flourish like palm trees.
Psalm 92:12
The godly who know and live by God’s word grow more slowly, but with a greater trajectory.
The advantage of the godly is not in their skill at manipulating people and events. The wicked are better trained in such things, and they achieve so much – yet at what cost?
The godly by contrast …
… 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.
Psalm 92:13-14
The godly have an inner strength that comes through abiding in God’s presence. The flourishing is not seen in what they achieve for themselves, but in the fruit of love that overflows from them and brings glory to God.
But you, O Lord, will be exalted forever.
Psalm 92:8
So, how do you flourish?