Psalm 92

"The righteous flourish like the palm tree,
and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
They are planted in the house of the Lord;
they flourish in the courts of our God."
Psalm 92:12-13

When you stand in the midst of the great trees of the Northwest and look up it is hard to tell how far up they really go. From a distance they look like any other forest but as you get closer and stand next to the trunks they just appear to go on and on. These are not the forests of the Midwest or East. For a variety of reasons these trees flourish in this area. I'm sure it has something to do with the right amount of rain and the conditions of the soil that bring forth such massive trees.
It makes me wonder if I'm allowing my life the right ingredients so that I can flourish for God and if I'm encouraging the right things in peoples lives within the church so that they can flourish as well? I wonder what it would be like if the whole purpose of the church was to help create an atmosphere where everyone who came flourished to their full potential? I wonder why it is that sometimes I grow stronger in my faith and other times I seem to flounder?
I would love to know that my faith is stretching out to the full potential that God has instilled withing me and that I am standing in the midst of others who also are growing to become the great cedars of faith that will stand the test of time.
May each one of us flourish in the way that God intended and hold nothing back in reaching for the sky.