In our study of Song Of Songs chapter five, we look at fellowship with God and how it can be broken as well as how it can be repaired.
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My sister, my bride, I have entered my garden; I am gathering my myrrh and my spices; I am eating my honeycomb along with my honey; I am drinking my wine as well as my milk. Eat, friends, and drink, until you are drunk with love!
Solomon opens this song of fellowship speaking about the things that are provided in the garden. The verse gives us a sense of a party with friends joining in and this speaks of our gatherings with our brothers and sisters of the faith.
I am asleep, but my heart is awake. Listen! I hear my darling knocking! Open for me, my sister, my love, my dove, my flawless one! For my head is wet with dew, my hair with the moisture of the night.
This verse speaks of the fact that the Lord is at work in the world today and he has called us to join him in that work of sharing theb gospel with those around us which, in turn, requires that we get out of our beds (comfort zones) and follow the Lord.
I've removed my coat; must I put it back on? I've washed my feet; must I dirty them again? The man I love put his hand through the hole by the door-latch, and my heart began pounding at the thought of him. I got up to open for the man I love. My hands were dripping with myrrh pure myrrh ran off my fingers onto the handle of the bolt. I opened for my darling, but my darling had turned and gone. My heart had failed me when he spoke I sought him, but I couldn't find him; I called him, but he didn't answer.
In this passage, we see the woman attempt to make excuses to stay in bed and ignore the calling of the Lord. We are also introduced to a custom that was common in those times where a man that was in love would go to the house of the woman that he loved and stick his hand through the hole in the door. He would put myrrh on the door handle so that, when the young lady went to the door, she would get the sweet smell on her hand and know that he had been there. We see that the young lady got up and, when she smelled the myrrh on her hands, she knew that he had been there but he was now gone because she did not answer. In all of this, we see the Holy Spirit at work in the life of a believer and the fact that, if we make excuses and get into the habit of ignoring the prompting of the Spirit, we will miss out on seeing many cases of the Lord at work in our lives.
The watchmen roaming the city found me; they beat me, they wounded me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls! I charge you, daughters of Yerushalayim, that if you find the man I love, what are you to tell him? That I am sick with love.
This passage speaks of the loss of fellowship with the Spirit and the dangers of walking through this world on our own. We see that the young lady professes her love for the things of God and it is almost as if she is asking the other ladies to prayerfully intercede for her.
How does the man you love differ from any other, you most beautiful of women? How does the man you love differ from any other, that you should give us this charge?
The women ask the young lady what is so special about the Lord that she is pursuing him like this.
The man I love is radiant and ruddy; he stands out among ten thousand. His head is like the finest gold; his locks are wavy and black as a raven. His eyes are like doves by running streams, bathed in milk and set just right. His cheeks are like beds of spices, like banks of fragrant herbs. His lips are like lilies dripping with sweet myrrh.
The young woman begins to describe the Lord and how she sees him.
His arms are rods of gold set with beryl, his body polished ivory adorned with sapphires. His legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like the L'vanon, as imposing as the cedars.
The young woman continues to describe what the Lord means to her.
His words are sweetness itself; he is altogether desirable. This is my darling, and this is my friend, daughters of Yerushalayim.
The young woman explains that the Lord is also her closest friend and we see how valuable the fellowship with him is to her.
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