GOD’S WORD FOR DECEMBER 19

  Psalm 91:4 ~ ~   “He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings shall you trust: His truth shall be your shield and buckler.”

Continuing in Michael Youssef’s book, “How to Read the Bible” ~ chapter 9, “Wisdom of the Kingdom:  The Books of Solomon

The second chapter of the Song of Solomon contains a concise yet profound sermon on the importance of forgiveness.  The king calls out to his beloved in 2:15:

“Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom”

What are these “little foxes”?  Solomon, in his wisdom, says that he is deeply concerned about the threats to a marriage or any relationship that often go unnoticed.  He is speaking of the little secrets, the deceptions, the unspoken resentments, the careless and hurtful remarks, the big arguments over minor matters that can accumulate and damage any relationship.  They are like little foxes that sneak into the vineyard through broken fences to steal and destroy the harvest while it is in bloom.

When we look at the Song of Solomon through the lens of the New Testament, the allegorical dimension of this book comes into sharp focus.  King Solomon, the son of David, whom the Shulamite meets in the guise of a shepherd, represents King Jesus, the Son of David – our Good Shepherd.  When we were poor and miserable, lost in sin, the Shepherd-King found us and loved us.  Now we live in a rapturous love-relationship with Him –and the King and His Bride, the Church, will live happily ever after!

After reading the Song of Solomon, we will have a deeper understanding of the Great Commandment:  “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (Matthew 22:37). In this much-neglected book of the Old Testament, we find a picture of the joy that comes from loving God with a complete heart-soul-mind kind of love.

The covenant relationship of marriage so joyfully described in the Song of Solomon is an allegorical representation of the New Covenant between God and His people.  As Song of Solomon 6:3 tells us:

“I am my lover’s and my lover is mine.”  What a beautiful restatement of this New Covenant truth:  We belong to God and our God belongs to us.

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Proverbs 8:35

For whoso finds me finds life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

Isaiah 50:10

“Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness And has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord And rely upon his God.

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POEM BY Helen Steiner Rice

“I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH”….(Job 19:25)

They asked me how I know it’s true that the Savior lived and died…. And if I believe the story that the Lord was crucified?

And I have so many answers to prove His Holy Being, answers that are everywhere within the realm of seeing….

The leaves that fell at Autumn and were buried in the sod, now budding on the tree boughs to lift their arms to God…….

The flowers that were covered and entombed beneath the snow, pushing through the “darkness” to bid the spring “hello”….

On every side Great Nature retells the age-old story…..so who am I to question the Resurrection Glory.

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Galatians 6:10

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good to all men…..

Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper: and every tongue that shall rise up against you in judgment you shall condemn.  This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of Me, says the Lord.”

Isaiah 44:3-4

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty and floods on the dry ground.  I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessings on your offspring.  They will spring up among the grass like willows by the watercress.

Romans 8:32

He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him, also freely give us all things? 

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