Do you continue to grow? Are you flourishing in life? Are you blooming where you are planted? Or are you stunted? Are you stagnant? Are you dormant, waiting for something to awaken you? Do you want to grow? Do you want to flourish? Do you want to feel alive and bloom?
It has been said that we are either growing or dying. We are either active or standing still. We are fresh or stale. We are being renewed or fading away. We are brightly colored or colorless. We have a choice to make. It one that only we can make.
We can choose to grow, be active, be fresh, and be renewed. Or we can choose to die, stand still, be stale, and fade away. Many will disagree. They have been beaten by life. They have chosen to give up and to surrender to the world. But others will refuse the world by choosing God. They will trust that God has work for them to do and he will provide the resources for them to do it.
It is those who choose God who come alive. They are like the green olive tree in God’s house. They are vibrant and ready to bear fruit. Is it because of something they have done? Nothing more than their choice to choose God. It is God who blesses them with nourishment and causes them to grow. He is the reason they are vibrant, have the positive outlook, and they become the magnet that attracts others. It is all God’s work in them that makes them the green olive tree.
I pray we all choose God. I pray we trust God to work in our lives and provide what we need. I pray each one of us will experience the nourishment of God and each grows into the person God wants us to be. Choose God. Trust God. Experience God in your life. Be who God wants you to be.
Psalm 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
Marty Pressey 