MEDITATION on Psalm 92

king david says in his psalms that a righteous person will flourish like a date palm and will grow tall like a cedar in lebanon which one is it will a righteous person flourish like a date palm or grow tall like a cedar in lebanon the holy baasham says that this is talking about two different types of righteous people one is like a date bomb the other one's like a cedar what are these two types so you have a person who's focused on personal development he grows tall like a cedar in lebanon lebanese cedars of the tallest cedars magnificent trees that's one kind of righteous person and there's another kind of richest person it's like a date palm date palm is a tall tree but it's nothing like us either it's not nearly as tall as a cedar why not because much of the energy that the date palm would normally put into growing itself instead it puts into its fruits see the cedar doesn't give fruits so it can put all of its energy into itself and grow tall date palm is putting energy also into fruits this is like a person who instead of focusing solely on personal development also gives spiritual fruit that nourishes others the date palm doesn't grow as tall as the cedar because it gives its energy away [Music] be like a date paul