Good morning champion and welcome to a new week
Planted to Flourish
Psalm 92:13-14 (New King James Version)
Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing,
The local church is “the house of the Lord”, and God loves His Church. When you commit to let your life be planted in it you set yourself up to get blessed and to flourish. Planted means you are not popping in anymore but rather unpacking your cases and calling it home. In these verses God uses a gardening terminology to help us to see how He desires for us to relate to His house, the local church. Notice the promise of a flourishing life belongs to those who plant themselves in and not those who casually visit.
Any gardener will tell you it is when a plant is un-potted and bedded into the soil of the flowerbed that it can begin to draw on the nutrients that the soil has to give. If you casually rest a potted plant in its pot on a flowerbed it cannot benefit from all the goodness the soil has for it. It is the same with how we relate to His house. We need to get planted in so that our roots can go down and spread out to draw on the goodness of the ground.
Great Promises for “The Planted”.
· Your life shall continue to bear fruit and “be highly productive“ even into old age.
· Your life will remain fresh, vibrant, and flourishing while others around you fade away.
The local church is and will always be God’s divine flowerbed. Find a life-filled local church and plant yourself into it and you will see incredible growth in every area of your life. Plant your family into it and watch godly vibrancy and flourishing break out in them.
Remember a life-filled local church remains Gods master plan for changing the world and it is the only thing He committed to build on the earth. (Matthew 16:18)
Bless you, praying you have a great week. Get planted and stay planted.
Andy
A devotional by Pastor Andy Elmes to inspire you with a godly thought to start your day well. God’s word is indeed the breakfast of champions.
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