We can learn from sunflowers.

“Tournesol” is the French word for sunflower. The meaning of “tournesol” is “turns with the sun.” Seeking out the sun and facing the sun, is what sunflowers do. They do that in their bud phase and heliotropism is this trait of the sunflower called.

The Bible teaches in Psalm 84:11 “For the LORD God is a sun and shield, the LORD bestows favor and honor.” And in Malachi 4:2 we read, “But for you, who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings.”

Throughout the Bible many wonderful names and titles are ascribed to the Lord Jesus Christ. Sun of righteousness is one.

I don’t know if you are familiar with the hymn “SUN OF MY SOUL?” Here is the first verse:

“Sun of my soul, Thou Savior dear, it is not night if Thou be near; O may no earth-born cloud arise to hide Thee from Thy servant’s eyes.”

Read also Matthew 17:2 and Revelation 1:16.

Just as sunflowers are literally seeking out the sun (the star that is source of heat and light for the planets in the solar system), and facing the sun, let us as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ seek the face of the Lord Jesus Christ, the sun of righteousness, as we are commanded in Psalm 105:4 and as David did in Psalm 27:8.