Have No Fear My Savior Is Near
King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message
Title:
Have
No Fear My Savior Is Near
Date:
Wednesday July 06, 2011
Chapters:
Song of Solomon 1-3, Proverbs 6, Psalm 26
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The Bride and
Bridegroom in joyful communion in reference to Christ and the church,
the Bridegroom speaks concerning himself and his Bride, the Bride
speaks remembering her satisfaction in her beloved, and the Bride
seeking the favor of the Bridegroom, she calls upon all to admire
Him.
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“Consider
the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say
unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of
these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field,
and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe
you, O ye of little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what
ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things
do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that
ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God;
and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock;
for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
- Luke 12:27-32.
The lily,
pure, and delicate, is a genus of plants of many species, produces
bell-shaped, white flowers with streaks of pink in them. Its beauty
and fragrance foreshadow the preciousness of Christ to the Church.
All who
clothe themselves in the robe of Christ receive His precious blood,
making them as pure and white as the lily. Our Savior often
represents Himself as a shepherd, making His followers His little
flock. Few really follow Christ compared to the multitude who profess
to love Him, but those who do need not fear for our Savior is near
and will provide us with everything we need here on earth as we await
our day in the Kingdom of God.
The
Book of Song of Solomon is the twenty-second book of the Old
Testament/Bible and contains eight chapters. The author of the book
is King Solomon and it was written to Israel and all believers. The
time line is approximately 1014 BC. The purpose of the book is to
show the intimate relationship between Jesus and the Church as
demonstrated by the intimate marriage relationship between a husband
and wife. What we are to learn from the book is that the divine model
of love between a man and his wife is the pattern for the
relationship between Christ (Man) and the Church (His Bride). “My
beloved is
mine, and I am
his: he feedeth among the lilies.”
- Song of Solomon 2:16.
Gracious
souls take most pleasure in loving Christ and being loved of Him.
Christ's love is more valuable and desirable than the best this world
can give. In this dramatic poem, the spouse, first introduces herself
to the bridegroom and then to the daughters of Jerusalem.
“I
am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of
Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. Look
not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me:
my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of
the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Tell
me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest
thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth
aside by the flocks of thy companions? If thou know not, O thou
fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock,
and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.”
- Song of Solomon 1:5-8.
This is an illustration of the
sinners soul, being defiled by a sinful nature it is black. The
blackness of their hearts made
them suffer hardships, which caused them to neglect the care of her
own soul, making them wretched slaves to sin. That is until the
Savior came in and cleansed then white as snow. “Come
now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be
as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like
crimson, they shall be as wool.”
- Isaiah 1:18.
Jesus
said that even king Solomon, the richest and most magnificent of all
the kings of Israel, whose grandeur, and glory, exceeded all the
princes of the earth, acknowledged that he was
not clothed in a robe so pure and white as the lily that grows wild
in the field. Humble souls see the most beauty in the Bridegroom.
Chapter 2 gives us a little illustration of the lily.
“I
am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As
the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the
apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the
sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit
was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his
banner over me was love. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with
apples: for I am sick of love.”
- Song of Solomon 2:1-5.
Believers are beautiful, as clothed
in the righteousness of Christ, fragrant as adorned with the graces
of His Spirit and they thrive under the refreshing beams of the Sun
of righteousness. To
them He is the precious rose and the lily. Those
whose hearts are filled with the love of Christ and the hope of
heaven are rejoicing in Him and longing for the day they get to see
their Savior face to face. “For
the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should
live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking
for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ;”
- Titus 2:11-13.
When
a man and woman become husband and wife they become one flesh, two
souls are joined together as one flesh, in other words, they become
soul mates. When one soul is away from the other it feels alone and
disconnected from the other, longing for the day it can reunite with
it's love. Before
a soul finds it's soul mate it is lost and a lost soul will go
searching for any one or thing that finds it until it finds the one
it is to be with. Once the two souls find each other there is no
separating them.
“By
night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I
found him not. I
will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad
ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found
him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I
said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? It was but a little that I
passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him,
and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's
house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.”
- Song of Solomon 3:1-4.
This is a great illustration of a
lost soul that finds Christ, once it finds Him they become soul
mates, Jesus grabs a hold of it and never lets it go. As soul mates
with Christ He promises to never leave nor forsake us. When Christ is
with us we can boldly say, “I have no fear for my Savior is near!”
We need not fear anything with our Savior. “Let
your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such
things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I
will not fear what man shall do unto me.”
- Hebrews 13:5,6.
God
Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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