Sunflower; a Symbol of God’s Love.

Sunflower; a Symbol of God’s Love.

Before heading off to my daughter’s (a twelve hour drive away), I had listened to a you tube clip about watching for the harvest to come in. Quickly, I jotted down a few notes. The clip stated we need to go to church with a harvest mentality. (If what we think about is what we bring about, then yes, we need a harvest mentality.)

I learned a new bible verse a week or so ago; where the word of the King is, there is power (Ecc 8:4). It goes on to say; And a wise man’s heart discerns both time and judgement.

This you tube clip mentioned that we’re going to start moving in time. I don’t know how that will look, but I’m excited. The fact that I had memorised a verse, which lined up with a you tube clip only a short time later, tells me God is speaking, for there is no such thing as a coincidence with God.

Driving to Lizzie’s within a few days of the above, I noticed a tree. It was a dead tree, but the branches and top of the trunk, appeared to look as though they were worshiping the Lord; trunk leaning back, dead arms raised to the heavens and that brought a song to mind; the leaves on the trees will clap their hands.

This got me to thinking how all the plants look skyward, as if worshipping the sun (or looking unto the heavenlies and worshipping what’s above). My thoughts drifted to how we too, should be looking to the heavenlies, while worshipping the Son.

My mind wandered to the sunflower. It always looks to be smiling up at the heavenlies. I love sunflowers. They remind me of sunshine and of God's love, with their beaming happy faces. Sunflowers draw their energy from the sun, to thrive and to grow. We too must fix our eyes on the Son, drawing our strength and joy from Him.

When I got to Lizzie’s, she had a belated birthday present waiting for me and set up in the spare room. A beautiful string of sunflowers, intertwined with twinkling lights. I love the colour yellow. It reminds me of the Father’s smiling face. Sunflowers are one of my favourite flowers for that reason.

I marvelled at how I was thinking of sunflowers, of worship and then received a gift of sunflowers, with lights. For we are meant to be the light of this world, worshipping the Son.

A couple of days later, I walked to church and the talk given that morning was about sunflowers and light. Just amazing! Did you know; a sunflower has between 1,000 and 1,500 seeds? We too should be spreading seed, just as the sunflower does.

I learnt another thing about this beautifully bright flower; sunflowers turn to look at other sunflowers, when the day is dark and dismal. It's a good lesson for all of us. If you're feeling dark and dismal, if you're not feeling the Lord's presence, get yourself to church. When we can’t feel the Son's presence in our life, hang out at church and catch the Glory the congregation radiate, for that will surely lift us out of our despair.

Leaving church after the servce, I walked home again. Due to the brightness of midday, the phone screen was a tad dark and I randomly chose a clip, because I couldn’t see what I was looking at. And what was that clip about? Sunflowers and light. How awesome is God! I could have picked any old thing, but no, sunflowers and light it was.

I do believe God’s trying to tell me something; maybe He has more to tell on this topic, maybe not. Perhaps it’s as simple as this; be the light, worship the Lord and spread the seed of Truth, namely Jesus. Perhaps it is that simple!

I didn’t know until looking it up today (why I’ve never looked this up before, I don’t know), but upon looking it up I found the biblical meaning of sunflower in Christianity, is it’s viewed as a symbol of God’s love, of true faith and loyalty, as well as adoration. It’s a metaphor for abiding in the calm delight of the Lord. (No wonder it's a favourite flower of mine.)

In my notes for this short work, I had penned a little entry, to look up the blessing of Levi and I found out about the ‘service of blessing.’ Deuteronomy 10:8; At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant for the Lord, to stand before the Lord and minister to Him and to bless His name, to this day.

This does tie in to a point, with the writings here. When we are the light, when we worship the Lord and spread the seed of Truth, we are a blessing, not only to God, to also to His people.