Support
".....the Lord upholdeth the righteous." Psalm 37:7
We are told by botanists that certain plants which are too weak to support themselves by their own stocks must twine about other plants or objects to grow properly. Sometimes the stems of such climbers attach themselves by spiral turns to their hosts; sometimes they cling to sturdy objects by putting out special twining tendrils. Those who have watched such growing plants intently tell us that their tips move slowly in circles, successively turning to all points of the compass. The bean is such a plant. Its twining motion is said to greatly accelerate as the plant grows older. The tendrils at first may complete only one turn a day, but later they make as many as eight spirals in a twenty-four hour period.
The naturalist, Balm, who made a special study of climbing plants, recognized twenty-five different families of them in which the twining is done with a waving motion toward the left, and ten others in which the climbing is done toward the right. But all of them, to thrive, must climb! Those which have no support and trail on the ground are usually stunted, unlovely, and fruitless.
Nature, as well as Scripture, has its lessons. The climbing plant is an illustration of the human life. Every heart searches instinctively for its divine support. Those who do not find such a stay are stunted, spiritually useless, and bring "no fruit to perfection."
Has your life been entwined with that of the Savior? Are you leaning on Him for eternal support? Can you say with the psalmist, "My soul followeth hard after thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me?" Are you climbing Heavenward? If you are, then it is your duty to help some other struggling brother along the way, and thus in turn "support the weak" (1 Thessalonians 5:14).
From the book, "Bread For Each Day"
From the book, "Bread For Each Day"
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