Faith's Checkbook (By: C.H. Spurgeon)

                                                                 Like Palm and Cedar

The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
                                                                                  ~ Psalm 92:12

  "Palms and cedars are "trees of the Lord," and it is by His care that they flourish. So it is with the saints of the Lord; they are His own care. These trees are evergreen and are beautiful in all seasons. Believers are not sometimes holy and sometimes ungodly; they stand in the beauty of the Lord under all weathers. The followers of Jesus are the observed of all observers; like a city set on a hill, they cannot be hid.
  The child of God flourishes like a palm tree, which pushes all its strength upward. It has no growth to the right or left, but sends all its force heavenward and bears its fruit as near the sky as possible.
  The cedar braves all storms and grows near the eternal snows, the Lord Himself filling it with a sap that keeps its heart warm and its bough strong. Lord, so let it be with me." (By: Charles H. Spurgeon ~ One Minute Devotions)