the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Song of Solomon 6:1-13
The passionate description which the Shulamite was able to give of her beloved leads others to seek him. This should be the result of our witness. Those around us should not be in any way mistaken as to where we stand. Only testimony flowing from the abundance of our hearts will lead them to the Lord Jesus. The "daughters of Jerusalem" have so far only heard about the beauty of the Bridegroom but the Bride’s splendour is already visible to them. She is the "fairest among women" (vv. 1, 13). The moral beauty of the Assembly (the Church) the reflection of the beauty of the Lord Jesus, will prepare unconverted people to receive the Gospel.
But above all, this beauty is appreciated by the Lord (v. 4). He also has His eyes on the one whom He loved even to death. And what does He see in her? – the perfections with which He Himself has clothed her (cf. Ezekiel 16:7-14). He can even call her "my undefiled" (v. 9), having forgiven her indifference and remembering only one thing – she is not ashamed of Him and has publicly confessed His Name. In His turn He acknowledges her as His own before God (Matthew 10:32). We think of the soon-coming day when the divine Bridegroom will present His Church to Himself, without spot, wrinkle or any such thing, holy and without blemish for all eternity (Ephesians 5:27; Ephesians 1:4).
