Psalm 92:12-14 (ANIV)
12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,

The palm trees exhibit an enormous diversity in physical characteristics and inhabit nearly every type of habitat and are hardly affected by any weather conditions, making them one of the few trees to flourish and bloom in any place and season.
The palm normally lives from seven to ten decades, that’s a long time, producing so many fruits that the diversity (coconut, date, palm wine many more) and uses are mind-blowing.
The first mention of the palm tree is found in Exodus 15:27, in Elim, what is now called Wady-Ghurandel, the most extensive watercourse in the western desert—an oasis, adorned with a great variety of trees, among which the palm tree. These weary travellers must have been delighted to encamp under the shades and enjoy its abundant supply of sweet water.
The palm is called “the tree of the desert,” as it flourishes in the desert and its presence is a sign of water.
How amazing is it that the Bible likens us to a palm tree! The believer is meant to grow vigorously, with longevity, fragrance, and beauty as likened to these palm trees, we are therefore set for the life, character, and destiny of the flourishing righteous.
The faithful flourish like the palm tree, the long-lived and stately palm. The believer flourishes in the courts of God, abiding in God’s presence according to Psalm 23:6 as opposed to the temporary “flourishing” of the evildoers who are doomed to destruction.
Everything in life needs an additive to improve or preserve it, like plants need fertilizers to grow and flourish, so believers need God to grow and flourish.
Those that be planted in the house of the Lord—believers planted in the house of the Lord and shall flourish in the courts of God.
As these trees flourish in their respective soils and climates, so shall the righteous in the ordinances of God.
But only those who trust in and dwell in the Lord according to Jeremiah 17:7-8 are planted by water, are called blessed and filled with God-defined benefits.
It is defiantly those whose trust is the Lord.
Only trust in God motivates confident obedience in times of crisis.
When you see palm trees in heavy wind and storm, you’ll understand the strength and tenacity of the trees, every other tree may be uprooted by the wind or broken, not the palm tree. Though the wind may force it to bend almost to breaking point, it rises back and flourishes with no visible sign of the trauma it’s been through because God made them to bend but not break.
Just as He made us. Life may bend us, the enemy may bend us, challenges and circumstances may bend us, but none can break us.
If everything in life is pushing you to a breaking point, remember you’re built to last, overcome, triumph, conquer, and not break.
If life pushes you to your knee, and Christ remains the centre of your life, be confident that you can withstand those pushes because your resilience is of God and not of man, like the palm tree.
Believers with the palm tree syndrome shall continue to grow in grace, and be fruitful to the end of their lives, continuous flourishing, still bringing forth fruit in old age.
Shalom