The Palm Tree

Be like the palm tree

‘THE RIGHTEOUS WILL FLOURISH LIKE A PALM TREE…’ PSALM 92:12 NIV

Palm trees. You generally don’t get them growing in your back garden! Palm trees are associated with exotic places, hot places, and they’re quite amazing trees! For starters, you can cut it but you can’t kill it. The nutrients that most trees need to survive can be found just below the bark, so when you cut them they die. But not the palm tree; its life comes from its heart so it thrives even under attack. Don’t let surface issues faze you. Stay focused on what God promised you!

The palm tree bends but it won’t break. Monsoon storms and hurricanes can blow most trees away, but not the palm tree. It’s flexible. It can bend all the way to the ground, and when the storm is over it straightens up again and is actually stronger. You were made to bend, not break. God promises to give you ‘…strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy’ (Colossians 1:11 TM). The unfolding of God’s amazing plan for your life will happen as you show your ability to endure.

The palm tree’s depth exceeds its height. While the roots of the average tree go a few feet under, the roots of the palm tree go deep in search of water. David said this about people who trust in God, ‘They are strong, like a tree planted by a river…’ (Psalm 1:3 NCV). God’s plan for you is to go deep, stay connected to Him, and never be uprooted, or blown away. If you’re facing attack, or a storm, or a dry season don’t ask ‘Why me?’ instead remember, ‘God has made me like a Palm tree’.

Dan 5- 7, Matt 2:13- 23, Ps 7:10- 17, Pr 10:17- 18

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