The Mountains we are Called To
Song of Solomon 4:8 “Come with Me from Lebanon, my spouse, with Me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions den, from the mountains of the leopards.”
Mountains in scripture speak of insurmountable problems….things we can never handle on our own.
But the scriptures also show that God’s people are people of the mountains. (Lot choosing the plain, but Abraham on the mountain. Genesis 13:10, 14-15)
And in this beautiful song, which speaks of the believer (in the maiden) being drawn to a personal relationship with Christ (the shepherd-king);….there are mountains….several mountains.
By the time this call comes to the believer, he has followed the Lord and learned to come out from the wall of our past experience, and go on. (Song of Solomon 2:8-10)
But, though hesitant at first, the believer has come….and found more of that relationship power…..for the believer has found more of Christ.
But now, the call comes to “come with Me” to the peaks of Lebanon. (“From” here, means to look from)
There are three peaks the Lord is calling us to experience with Him…always with Him….
Amana: means “confirmation”. It is a word related to “Amen”….”let it be done”
(Only He can say Amen to anything….for only He can speak, and it will be done.)
He is the Amen….and from this peak….as we follow Him….we can see His view point on the things below.
For God sees us in Christ, and as we are in Christ….all the things that come to us, are purposed….either for blessing or correction.
Trials are to be seen as from Christ’s hand. Christ as our Teacher leads us into lessons we could not learn in other circumstances.
Corrections are to seen as sent in love, to bring us back to Him.
These are high things….heady things, which we need His Arm to steady us, as we climb up.
As we climb up, we begin to put the things of our circumstances, into perspective…..His perspective.
Amen, Lord, this is Your will, so I will do it.
Shenir: means “pointed word or saying”; as in the Sword of the Spirit. (Ephesians 6:17)
This peak speaks about our warfare against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 6:11 “
But, as we climb this peak with the Lord Jesus, we begin to be given the “pointed word” which we can use against our adversary.
Up on this peak, the Lord gives us a view of how the adversary is trying to trick us….we see more clearly the things which might trip us up.
Thank you Lord for this sight ahead…and for Your Word to use in the battles coming up.
Hermon: means “abrupt”….like a unseen cliff at the end of the way.
That is what our sin had brought us to: destruction;…….but remember, we are with Jesus, our Savior. We have come with Him.
And on this peak, we see the Victory of the Cross of Christ in a fuller way.
1 Corinthians 15:55-57 “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
His salvation is a complete one: over the curse of sin in every way…..sin, itself in us (power by His grace).
Death brought on by sin is separation from God for eternity….but we are not separated, but with Him.
And therefore the sting or terror of death is gone……..as Christians, we fall asleep (Acts 7:60),….we close our eyes here, and open them in heaven.
And in seeing these, we can enter into the joy of them.
But beside these wonderful peaks…..there is danger, for we are traveling through this world, still.
There are….”The lions dens, the mountains of the leopards”.
In our walk with Jesus, there are enemies, which we will have to meet for our work and walk.
Lions roar…..they frighten and terrify, to throw us off guard, and into panic.
Leopards are tremendously strong, carrying their prey, and devouring them.
And the closer you grow to the Lord,……the more the enemy will fight.
But the Lord is with us…..and He has brought us up on these peaks to give us His view point…..
….and with that view point, we become enabled:
With His Will…..Amen….only He can say, “Let it be done”, for the things ahead.
With His Word….the sword of the Spirit….to use against the tricks which come against us.
With His Victory….there is no destruction for us….death is to fall asleep. The body may be in a grave, but we are not. We will be with Christ in heaven.
These mountain peaks the Lord calls His believers to. They are high, and sometimes dangerous….but they are with Him.
“Come with Me.”
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