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A Song of Songs – Leaning on Our Beloved
Leaning on Our Beloved
Song of Solomon 8:5
Pastor’s Opening
CAREFUL readers will have noticed that in the verses which precede my text the spouse had been particularly anxious that her communion with her Lord might not be disturbed. Her language is intensely earnest, “I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.” She valued much the fellowship with which her beloved solaced her; she was jealously alarmed lest she should endanger the continuance of it; lest any sin on her part or on the part of her companions should cause the Beloved to withdraw himself in anger.
Chapter Citation and Verse
Song of Solomon 8:5
“Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?”
Main Theme(s)
I. We shall, without further prefatory remarks, come at once to the consideration of the text, and we shall notice THE HEAVENLY PILGRIM AND HER DEAR COMPANION. “Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved ”?
Every soul that journeys towards heaven has Christ for its associate. Jesus suffers no pilgrim to the New Jerusalem to travel unattended.
II. We now pass on to something deeper. We have said that the pilgrim has a dear companion, but that much of the blessedness of the text lies in HER POSTURE TOWARDS HIM.
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III. Our third point shall be, HER REASONS FOR THUS LEANING. She was a pilgrim, and she leaned on her beloved. Was she justified in such leaning? For every confidence is not wise. There be refuges of lies and helpers of no value. Ahithophel’s are a numerous race.
IV. And now let us close. The last point is this — THE PERSON AND THE PEDIGREE of her who leaned upon her beloved.
The text says, “Who is this?” What made them enquire, “Who is this?” It was because they were so astonished to see her looking so happy and so little wearied. Nothing amazes worldlings more than genuine Christian joy. Holy peace in disturbing times is a puzzle to the ungodly.
