“They are like a
well-watered plant in the sunshine,
spreading its shoots over the garden” (Job 8:16).
This
verse sounds wonderful, but it is talking of the person with faith in the wrong
thing. It will eventually come to naught and be torn from its roots, which are
shallow.
Sun is
usually a symbol of life and healing as it is indeed in Malachi 4:2 saying, “but
for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in
its wings. And you will go and leap like calves released from the stall.” The
image of the “Rising Sun” is of Christ, the Messiah coming into the world to
shine His light. “Because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will
come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow
of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace” (Luke
1:78-79). This wonderful gospel track
reflects the wonderful and popular Isaiah 9:2-3 Christmas passage “The
people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land
of the shadow of death a light has dawned. You have enlarged the nation and
increased their joy.”
The
world is indeed in increasing darkness and needs light. “God is light and in Him there is
no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5).
He goes on to tell of how walking in His light bring fellowship with Him
and one another. We can do this only by seeing and receiving the Light of the
World, Jesus Christ into our hearts and walking in His way as my book This
is The Way, Walk in it http://www.amazon.com/This-Way-Walk-Randolph-Frank/dp/1517680808/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1448133568&sr=1-10&keywords=This+is+the+way%2C+walk+in+it
proclaims.
Do you have images of God that come to you in sunlight? I
find sunlight full of beautiful scenes like the following one from Montana near
to where my son lives. It speaks of life and the challenges brought by the
snowcapped mountains. But notice the mountain sunflowers that stick through the
early spring permafrost to bring life to the post winter giving us incentive to
keep walking. 
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts.