Song of Songs 8
Scripture
Song of Solomon 8:5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness
leaning on her beloved?
Observation
Total trust and dependence
Understanding
We all have experienced times of being in the wilderness, circling around the same mountain again and again. Some of us have experienced being in the desert, dry and scorched, nothing in sight, and it seems the end is so far off.
There are many things we can do while being in the wilderness . We can complain, get mad, make our own idols, or even just lie down and die.
But I am convinced that He is hoping we will turn to him.
Maybe sometimes the wilderness is not just a bad place, maybe it was supposed to be a place of transition. A place of “reboot”, a place of “start over” and “clean the slate”.
Maybe it was supposed to be a place of getting closer to the One who delivered you from slavery, sin.
Maybe It’s the middle place between freedom and new beginnings. It’s the place where your communication barrier is gone and now there is nothing to keep you from having intimate communion with him.
Maybe it's the place where He is calling for you to come up the mountain to meet him face to face.
Will you call on Him?
Will you choose to see Him?
How will you come out of the desert? With regret because you didn't go deeper, with sadness because you could have seen his face and chose to hide?
Will you come out scorned,
mad,
never acknowledging the manna that was sent down
or the water that came from the rock?
What will you do?
Life Application
Choose to Lean
I love the way the scripture asks the question, who is coming up from the wilderness?
I imagine they looked different coming out than when they went in. Isn’t that the point? For you to be changed!
When you enter the wilderness, God calls to you,
you experience him,
your transformed.
Then when you come out of the wilderness,
You look different!
Israel experienced God while they were in the wilderness!
Moses met with Yahweh face to face while he was in the wilderness!
Elijah was in the wilderness when he heard God whisper!
The second part of the scripture takes notice that they are leaning on their beloved. When you lean on someone you trust them, you depend on them, you find comfort in them.
When you walked in the wilderness with anxiety, fear, depression, addictions, control, pride… You did not lean on God.
When you are in the wilderness, the harsh or dry times of life, call on Him. Go to his word. Seek Godly counsel from fellow believers in your church family. Choose to walk toward the things of His world and not ours.
No one can be in the presence of God and not be changed. The more we walk closer to him the more we will change.