Are we hiding behind our Wall, because we are afraid of the next step?
Song of Solomon 2:8-9 “The voice of my beloved! Behold, He cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, He standeth behind our wall, He looketh forth at the windows, showing Himself through the lattice.”
As we go on with God, we come to many places where we are given difficult problems to overcome….some harder than others.
Some are mountains of difficulty….impossible things for us, in our own strength, to overcome….
And some hills….not impossible, but hard going.
But, these are the experiences the Lord often calls us to. Not alone,…..but with Him. That is what is set forth in these verses.
The Lord is seen as a Roe or a Young Hart….ever vigorous, and ever victorious leaping over any obstacle for us,…..calling us…on with Him.
Seen through a window, with lattice over it. We know it is the Lord, for we heard His voice…went to the window, to see Him….but He is outside, ready to go on….but we are still behind our wall.
Song of Solomon 2:10 “My Beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.”
This is personal…”said unto me”. He is not calling His church, but “His love, His fair one”; His personal call to you…..to come away.
But from what are we to come away?
We are to “come away” from “our wall”; for He has come and found that we are behind a wall.
I believe that this “wall” is our spiritual experience up-to-date. It separates us from the world….but, when we continue to stay behind it, it can also separate us from going on with the Lord.
(It is wonderful to know how far we have come with Jesus; we can rejoice in what we have! But He is calling us on,…..to keep going with Him)
It is safe, here. I know I am saved….I go to church…I love the Lord.
I see those mountains up ahead…and they are too much for me.
I see those hills,…and when I think I could, maybe, go out and walk them….I worry about….what if I fall?
But Jesus calls again.
He has already shown me that He is able to surmount any of the obstacles that stand in our way…..He leaps mountains, and skips hills…..and He is asking me to do the same….in His strength, with Him.
Song of Solomon 2:11-14 “For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle(dove) is heard in our land;
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, My love, My fair one, and come away.
O My dove, that art in the clefts of the Rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let Me see thy countenance, let Me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.”
The Lord shows that the winter conditions of the soul are past (I have heard His voice)…..new life is springing up (my heart is moved to answer His call)……now is the time to arise, and leave the good that I have, for the better He calls me to…..with Him.
What is this next step He is calling us to?
I know He is calling me to come out completely…to be seen as His, even in the difficult and impossible times of my life….to trust His might.
I know He is calling me to speak to Him more,…..and of Him.
Jesus calls us:
“Arise, My love, My fair one, My dove, and come away. Don’t be afraid, but come out from behind our wall,….trust Me, and come with Me.”
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