Read: Song of Solomon 1:1-4:16; 2 Corinthians 8:16-24; Psalm 50:1-23; Proverbs 22:22-23
Song of Solomon is a beautiful love story that is an allegory of Christ and the Bride. The beloved is the bride and she begins with her proclamation of love to the lover who is Christ. It begins with our love acceptance of him. The friends are probably angels who rejoice in the union of the beloved and the lover. The beloved recognizes her sin. The angels guide the beloved to the right place where she will encounter her lover. The lover doesn’t see the imperfections of the beloved because he is looking through eyes of love. The lover bids the beloved to rise up and run with him. He tells her not to hide her face from him when things are not going well.
In chapter three, the beloved thinks she has lost her lover and looks frantically for him. She finds him and brings him to the place of her birth. This is a picture of returning to our first love, which is Christ. When she does this she has an encounter with King Solomon. When we come to Jesus, we also encounter Jesus in his royalty and kingship over our lives. The lover proclaims his view of his lover with the most choicest of words. Now, the beloved can say to the wind, bring what ever trial you want, it will only spread the fragrance of Christ that is on her.
Trials do crush us so that the very aroma of Christ can be enjoyed by those we meet.
In Corinthians, the church is sending a very generous gift to help the body in other places and they really want it given the right way in the right spirit. Paul encourages them to let the other churches see what he sees in them.
Paul was such a father to the churches. We see his pride in each one of them as he encourages them to step out and become leaders.
In the light of our solar eclipse we just had our Psalm explains that God speaks to the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. God uses the heavens to summon earth. The solar eclipse was a picture of the sun (God) stepping into the church (the moon). On that day the sun, moon and earth aligned together. We have entered into the kingdom age where we will bring heaven down to earth and walk in the works that Jesus walked into. Jesus didn’t do one miracle till he reached 30. Then God stepped into Jesus just like God is stepping into the church in this new season. Great things are about to happen.
Lord, help us to step into this new season with courage and power. Thank you for pursuing us as our lover.
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