I AM GROWING IN GRACE
Psalm 92:14,15
[Growing in grace], they shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap [of spiritual vitality] and [rich in the] verdure [of trust, love, and contentment].
[They are living memorials] to show that the Lord is upright and faithful to His promises; He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.
Every day we are to grow in grace. We will ever be learning of the many facets of God’s grace: His loving-kindness extended to us as His children, kindness given willingly without any conditions placed on our deserving it. His loving-kindness is His whole nature, with all His ability, given to us without measure and without prerequisites. God’s grace is ours. When we accept Him into our life, all He is becomes ours, is made available to us. What a God we serve!
As we grow in God’s grace or love and ability, we bring forth His fruit, which is delicious to eat. People enjoy partaking of love and joy and peace and gentleness and goodness. They like that. We have that to offer to others. It’s not the product of our own human natures, but the product of God’s nature in us as His children. We bring forth this fruit, even in old age.
We are FULL of the vitality of God, which is like sap to a tree. His life in us is like sap is to a tree. His life causes us to live in great vitality, full of life and energy. At the same time, we are wealthy in the verdure or vigorous, flourishing growing condition of trust, love and contentment in God. We are full of verdure.
We are living examples, memorializing the Lord’s goodness and faithfulness to His Word. He is our Rock, steadfast, immovable, stable, durable, dependable, always there, strong for us. What a memorial we are to the goodness of God. He carries us all the days of our lives, and when we come to the place of the completion of our assignment here on earth, He carries us from this earthly residence to our heavenly residence, which is being built for us right now.
We are living the good life which God has planned for us to live. His plan for our lives is perfect in every way. The Master Designer has designed the perfect plan for us. All we have to do is know what it is and walk in it. The more time we spend with Him, the clearer that plan becomes, and the more contented we are living out the fullness of that plan.
Galatians 2:20b,21,22b, Amplified Bible
The life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
[Therefore, I do not treat God’s gracious gift as something of minor importance and defeat its purpose]; I do not set aside and invalidate and frustrate and nullify the grace (unmerited favor) of God.
God’s grace is His gracious gift of love in action for you and me. It is the greatest gift you can ever receive. Let go of your own human efforts and sink down into the fluffy pillow of God’s grace (His ability to do what you can’t do).
As someone has so aptly put it: Enjoy where you are on the way to where you are going!