SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/30/2013
8:23 AM
My Worship Time Focus: They Express their Mutual Love
Bible Reading & Meditation
Reference: Song of Solomon 7:1-8:4
Message of the
verses: “1 ¶ “How beautiful are your
feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels,
The work of the hands of an artist. 2 “Your navel is like a round goblet Which
never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat Fenced about with
lilies. 3 “Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle. 4 "Your neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is
like the tower of Lebanon, Which faces toward Damascus. 5 “Your head crowns you
like Carmel, And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads; The
king is captivated by your tresses. 6 “How beautiful and how delightful you
are, My love, with all your charms! 7 “Your stature is like a palm tree, And
your breasts are like its clusters. 8 “I said, ’I will climb the palm tree, I
will take hold of its fruit stalks.’ Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of
the vine, And the fragrance of your breath like apples, 9 And your mouth like
the best wine!" "It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently
through the lips of those who fall asleep.
10 ¶ “I am my beloved’s, And his desire is
for me. 11 “Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country, Let us spend the
night in the villages. 12 “Let us rise early and go to the vineyards; Let us
see whether the vine has budded And its blossoms have opened, And whether the
pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love. 13 “The mandrakes
have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all choice fruits, Both new
and old, Which I have saved up for you, my beloved.
1 ¶ “Oh that you were like a brother to me
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you;
No one would despise me, either. 2 “I would lead you and bring you Into the
house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to
drink from the juice of my pomegranates. 3 “Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me." 4 “I want you to swear, O daughters of
Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases.’”
I am a bit confused by what Dr. Wiersbe wrote at the beginning
of his commentary on this section because he seems first to be talking about
things that happened in chapter six, and I am not totally sure why he did
this. However with this said I do
believe that what he wrote is helpful to those of us who are married for he
talks about Solomon and his wife as two armies that fight together against
their common enemies, and not against each other. As mentioned earlier when people get married
they become one, and this is not only about the sexual aspect of marriage, but
they become one in a similar way that the trinity is one. Also as mentioned before it is selfishness
that can destroy this oneness in a marriage, and that would mean that these two
armies that were suppose to battle against their common enemies would be
fighting against each other.
Now as we look at the similes that are found in 7:1-9 we
see that these have been used before in this book for the most part with a
couple new ones added. Again if a man
talked to his wife today using these types of similes to describe the beauty of
his wife he would be in big trouble, but not so in Solomon’s day. Solomon was indeed greatly in love with his
wife and as he stares at her beauty he relates to her what he sees, and I am
sure that his wife loved to sit there and listen to what he was saying about
her beauty.
Verses 6-9 is a new metaphor as he describes his wife as
a palm tree, which is beautiful and fruitful, and then describes their intimate
love as he is climbing the tree eating the fruit. When we look at verse ten we see a similar
verse in Genesis 3:16 which says “Yet your desire will be for your husband.” I realize that this verse in Genesis is
speaking about the curse that God has put upon the world because of the sin of
Adam and Eve, but it seems the wife of Solomon has taken this part of Genesis
3:16 to heart and desires to please her husband.
Next we see that the Shulamite wanting to visit the
country, something that Solomon wanted to do earlier, but she did not want to
go. It is good for a husband and wife to
visit new places for it will put a spark into their marriage. Taking a nice vacation is sometimes the very
thing needed to put that spark back into a marriage as they are away from the familiar
places, doing familiar things, and then doing something new and exciting,
sleeping in a different bed in a different room. Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 7:1-7 about the
conjugal obligations husbands and wives have for each other and that is what is
described in verses 1-4 of chapter eight.
We mentioned before that what is going on in verse three of chapter
eight also was spoken about in an earlier chapter and it describes sexual intercourse:
“3 “Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me." Again a warning is given in verse four
showing that what is going on is for married couples and it is not to be
awakened before then.
In the book of Genesis we see how mandrakes were
associated with sexual passion, even there is no evidence of this to be true,
but perhaps thinking it is true will help out.
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: I like the part
in Warren Wiersbe’s commentary that speaks of a husband and a wife being two
armies that are fighting together against their common enemies.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Proverbs 3:5-6.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 46:1-4.
1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in
trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear,
though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; 3 though its waters roar
and foam, thought the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of
God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.”
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “It was trodden under foot and
the fowls ate it.”
Today’s Bible
Question: “Who said: ‘"Please tell
me, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or of someone else?’”
Answer in tomorrow’s SD.
6/30/2013 9:03 AM
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