SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/1/2013
8:19 AM
My Worship Time Focus: They Pledge
Unending Love & Faithfulness
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference:
Song of Solomon 8:5-14
Message of the
verses: I wish to begin this SD by
saying that it was on October 21, 2011 that I began the study of Job, which was
the first book in the poetry section of the Word of God, and was the first book
that is in one of the four volumes that I have that are written by Dr. Warren
W. Wiersbe, and this will be the last SD the book of the Song of Solomon. I remember that Job was a very difficult book
for me to study as I had a “Job” moment while studying that book. The Psalms were a blessing and that book took
over a year to complete. Ecclesiastes
was a wonderful study that I recently finished, and now the Song of Solomon has
spoken to my heart about my own marriage, and as I continue to read a book
written by Tommy Nelson on his commentary on the Song of Solomon my prayer is
that the Lord will continue to open my mind and heart to the things that I need
to do in order to have a God centered marriage.
Tommy Nelson entitles his commentary on the Song of Solomon “The Book of
Romance,” and if someone wants to enhance their study of the Song of Solomon
that is a wonderful way to accomplish it.
They Pledge Unending Love & Faithfulness (8:5-14): “5
¶ “Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved?"
"Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother was in labor
with you, There she was in labor and gave you birth. 6 “Put me like a seal over
your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy
is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the
LORD. 7 “Many waters
cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give
all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised."
“8 ¶
"We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do
for our sister On the day when she is spoken for? 9 “If she is a wall, We will
build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade
her with planks of cedar." 10 “I was a wall, and my breasts were like
towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace. 11 “Solomon had a
vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was
to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. 12 “My very own vineyard
is at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred
are for those who take care of its fruit."
“13 ¶ “O you who sit in the gardens, My
companions are listening for your voice- Let me hear it!" 14 “Hurry, my
beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices.’”
Let us look at how Dr. Wiersbe writes about this
section: “Verses 8-14 form an appendix
to the story. As the Shulamite returns
to her girlhood home with her husband, she remembers what her brothers said
about her when she was younger. They
didn’t think she was ready for marriage because she hadn’t yet matured. The images of the wall and the door have to
do with the girls virginity. If she was
a door, a woman of easy access, then she would not be firt to be a bride, but
if she kept herself pure, behind a wall, as it were, then they could give her
asay to the man who asked for her. The
Shulamite boldly stated that she was a wall and entered the marriage bed a pure
virgin. But in spite of her brothers’
sneers, she developed physically and had breasts that her husband admired (4:5-6;
7:3, 7:8).”
“The book closes with the Shulamite in her garden,
chatting with some friends, and her husband calls to her because he wants to
hear her voice. Where there is love, the
husband and wife want to be together and share their ideas and feelings. Yes, ther’s a place for other companions, but
nobody must replace the mate God gives to us.
How does the beloved respond to his call? She tells him to hurry up and leave with her,
because the ‘mountains of spices’ (her breasts, 4:5-6) are awaiting his
touch. Of course, her companions in the
garden don’t understand this code word, so she doesn’t embarrass anybody. Husbands and wives frequently have a secret
language of love that others don’t understand.”
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: I have mentioned
that before that one of the reasons for reading and studying the Bible is to be
convicted of things that one is doing wrong, and then by the grace of God and
the power of the Holy Spirit correct those wrong things with right things. Having one’s toes stepped on is a common way
of explaining this. That is what
happened to me as I read and studied the book of Song of Solomon, and as I
continue to read Tommy Nelsons book on this OT Gem.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Continue to study this book and ask the Lord
to help me in doing the things that I learn from it to make my marriage into
one that is of the Lord.
Memory verses for the
week: Psalm 46:1-4
1 God 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,
though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah.
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of
God, the holy dwelling place of the Most High.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “The Ethiopian eunuch” (Acts
8:34).
Today’s Bible
Question: “What did Jacob call the place
where he dreamed of a ladder to heaven?”
Answer in tomorrow’s SD.
7/1/2013 8:59 AM
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