Toward the Son

As I was leaving work one day, I noticed that all the clover leaves in the grass were tilted up toward the setting sun. Upon approaching, I could see the deep green shadows underneath each tilted clover head, but as I glanced back at them, I could see a warmer, richer green as the top sides were bathed in the sunlight. The next morning I made a point to take notice of them again, and sure enough, all the little clover heads had turned their faces toward the rising sun in the east.

The laws of nature are so simple, and yet I am forever amazed at how God's creations go about doing what come naturally and is best for them. As I looked upon the bed of clover, each leaf turned expectantly toward the sun, I thought about God's family and how natural it should be for us to turn our faces toward the Son. Like the clover, we should look to the ultimate source of warmth in our lives, knowing that our needs will be supplied and that we will grow accordingly.

David expresses the same conviction in Psalm 84: "Blessed is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.... Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed... For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in Thee." (Verses 5, 9, 11, and 12)

Are we forever looking to God for our strength? Do we depend upon Him daily to guide us and nourish us that we might grow in His ways? Let us look to the lowly clover to see how we should trust in the Lord.