“Who at the door is standing, patiently drawing near, entrance within demanding….Whose is the voice I hear?”
Song of Solomon 5:2 “I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my Beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to Me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for My head is filled with dew, and My locks with the drops of the night.”
“Sweetly the call comes ringing, open the door for Me, if you will heed my calling, I will abide with thee”
Song of Solomon 5:4 “My Beloved put in His hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for Him.
I rose to open to my Beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh,….upon the handles of the lock.
I opened to my Beloved; but my Beloved had withdrawn Himself….my soul failed when He spake:…”
So what can we do, when we fail to answer His call?
Forget it! It’s over?
No, get up and search for Him….and get what He has for you now.
Jeremiah 29:13-14 “And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.
And I will be found of you, saith the Lord:….”
For every true believer, the call comes…..and we must answer—one way or the other.
What does your heart want? Where is your treasure? Who is “my Beloved”?
In every instance, it is His Voice that awakens us….to HIs knock and call.
HIs Voice spoke to Noah….to build and ark for the saving of souls.
And His Voice has called us to come to Christ for our salvation.
His Voice spoke to Abraham….to come out of the world he lived in….and follow Him into a place He would show him.
And HIs Voice has called us to “deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow Him.”
His Voice spoke to Moses to deliver His people from slavery, and showed them the protection under the blood.
And we are we called to shelter under His blood and be delivered from the bondage of sin.
HIs Voice came through the Old Testament Prophets to awaken His people to the commands of His Word….when they turned to idols.
And we are called to….”Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light”(Ephesians 5:14).
Some may say, “What is thy Beloved….more than another beloved,…” (Song of Solomon 5:9)…..that you are so diligent in seeking His fellowship? So careful to stay close to Him?
Song of Solomon 5:10, 16 “My Beloved is….the chiefest among ten thousand.
His mouth is most sweet: yea, He is altogether lovely. This is my Beloved, and this is my Friend,….”
Have we heard His Voice speak to us?
Revelation 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My Voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.”
And if we have failed to answer….let us get up and seek Him…..and follow as we should.
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