Psalm 92:12-13 (King James Version)
12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
My Plan Put Back On The Self
About 15 years ago my life took a dramatic change. After years of running from God I ran to Him and handed over the reigns of my life.
My plan on that Sunday morning was to get saved...I didn't even pay attention to the message, I was just waiting for the preacher to quit so I could get saved. You see I knew I was lost and was finally tired of it. So I remember walking down the isle to talk to the preacher, so I could get saved. I know if I could just get saved everything would be alright. My plan was simple, get saved go home and everything would be alright. So I said the prayer, confessed my sin, asked Jesus to come into my life. I turned to go back to my sit and something deep on the inside of me said "join the church", but my plan was get saved go home and everything would be alright.
So I joined the Church that day and was planted into the house of the Lord.
I Don't Like Church
I didn't like the praise and worship because it wasn't like the music I was used to listening to. It was hard for me to follow along with the preacher because he used so many scripture references and I didn't know any of the books of the Bible. But I kept coming and hearing the Word. Something on the inside of me kept telling me I was in the right place. So I stayed there and started to grow.
Full Of The Holy Ghost
I heard them keep talking about the Holy Ghost and speaking in tongues. I could see it in the Bible, so I thought it's in there, I want it. So I walked down that long isle again and this time I received the baptism of the Holy Ghost. My life has never been the same.
The reality of the indwelling presence of the Holy Ghost literally took over my life.
Planted For A Purpose
I didn't get plant there because I liked the music, at first I didn't.
I didn't get planted because I liked the preacher, at first I didn't.
I didn't get planted because I liked the Church, at first I didn't.
You see I was planted for a purpose larger than myself, because on the other side of my obedience was somebody else's deliverance.
Somebody was waiting on me to get saved, get planted, find my purpose in Christ, get trained and get started doing the works of Jesus by the power of the Holy Ghost.
Flourishing By Design
John 15:5 (Amplified Bible)
I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.
The Lord added me to that church. He planted me there and caused me to grow. He did it through the lives of men, but it was Him working in them and through them.
