Blow Upon My Garden
by Judith Bronte
"Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south;
blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my Beloved come into
His garden, and eat His pleasant fruits"
(Song of Solomon 4:16).
er garden is an enclosed one. Its
contents are of royal selection; camphire, spikenard, saffron, calamus, cinnamon,
myrrh, aloes, trees of frankincense and plants of the chiefest spices; all this have
been tenderly cultivated to the end-- that it might please her Beloved. The seeds
planted, the ground watered, she is now yielding the fruits of His love.
"Awake,"
says she, "awake, O north wind; and come,
thou south; blow upon my garden that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my Beloved
come into His garden, and eat His pleasant fruits"
(Song of Solomon 4:16).
The smell of her fruits are carried upon the winds to her Beloved. And, as she desired,
He comes and partakes of the harvest with her. "I
am come into My garden, My sister, My spouse,"
He responds. "I have gathered My myrrh
with My spice; I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine with
My milk" (Song
of Solomon 5:1).
Her Beloved is pleased and satisfied with her fruit. She is not as the barren fig
tree-- no, not she! "He [Jesus] was hungry: And seeing
a fig tree afar off having leaves, He came, if haply He might find any thing thereon:
and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves... And Jesus answered and said
unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever"
(Mark 11:12-14).
When her Royal Beloved is hungry, He can be sure to search her boughs and find fruit.
When plants are disturbed and shaken they become the most fragrant. It is often so
with Christians. When the winds of suffering disturb us, our fragrance becomes all
the more pungent. Obedience and faith in time of trouble are sacrifices that God
is well pleased with. "To obey is better
than sacrifice" (1
Samuel 15:22). "Without
faith it is impossible to please Him"
(Hebrews 11:6).
This perfume greets our Beloved's nose, and He draws nigh to us. "Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you" (James 4:8). His presence is our reward.
Let every Christian who names the name of Christ, boldly say with the Shulamite,
"Come, winds, come and blow upon my garden, that He Who planted me might partake
of His pleasant fruits, for He is worthy."
"Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom,
and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing"
(Revelations 5:12).
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Our Groom, the LORD Jesus Christ:
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on the Song of Solomon" ---New Window
by Judith Bronte
"'The Song of Solomon' has been one of the most
misunderstood books of the Bible. However, this has not always been the case. In
the days of the Reformation, and in times when persecution of Jesus Christ's Church
was the greatest, His Bride tenaciously clung to the love song He had given her.
It was one of the most memorized books of the Bible. But with the passing of time,
to our great shame, we have forgotten the meaning of this most precious book...
In the short eight chapters of 'The Song of Solomon', we find the close and intimate
communion of the Royal Bridegroom, King Solomon, and his bride. The example of their
complete unity and oneness of love is the same experience we should have with our
Royal Bridegroom, Jesus Christ. It is my fervent desire that we now remember the
love promise that Jesus has bestowed on us, and cling to Him as the Church did so
long ago."
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