Arise,
My Darling
One of my memory verses is Song of
Solomon 2:10-13. As I rehearsed the passage the other day, my mind suddenly jumped
to the Lord’s promise in John 14: “In My Father’s house
are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to
prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and
receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.” (John 14:2-3, NASB)
Christian,
would you like some GOOD news? And if you are paying any attention to current
events, this is news that ought to make your heart sing with hope-filled
longing: Jesus will return for us. He promised to do so.
That’s
why when I meditated on the verse in Solomon’s Song, I could almost hear that
trumpet. I hope this text speaks encouragement to your heart as you also wait:
“My
beloved spoke and said to me, ‘Arise, my darling, my beautiful
one, come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the [land]; the season of singing has come; the cooing of doves is heard in our
land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread
their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.’” (Song
of Solomon 2:10-13. NIV)
Jesus calls you and me His ‘beautiful one.’ And He tells us
to come along with Him. I can almost see the neighborhood in which my beloved
Bridegroom is building my heavenly dwelling place.
And I am so ready to move in.
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