A MATTER OF FAITH: WORSHIP

CONTINUED STUDY OF THE BOOK: SONG OF SOLOMON

As I was meditating on Song of Solomon chapter one the word “worship” came to mind. What is worship? It is to exalt; to adore intensely. Scrivener, my writing program- Word for writers,  defines worship as: profound love and adoration. In chapter one of the Songs I see the beginnings of love, adoration and exaltation.

1 JOHN 4:7-13
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 

How can you love someone till death do you part if you don’t know who he really is? Far to many people focus on the sexual aspects of a relationship and fail to develop true intimacy. Your personal relationship with God is the first step towards a life long relationship with someone else.

“If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.” How can you love your spouse if you don’t love God?  If you view the Song of Solomon simply as a relationship between a man and a woman it can become a lustful poem. Yes, I think the poem is sexy not sexual. It is personal worship meant to draw the listner closer.

JAMES 4:7-8
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.  Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Warning: you will be intimate with God or intimate with the Devil. Though the blessings of God requires a personal knowledge of who He is, Satan does not care if you acknowledge him or not.

Literally Song of Solomon is about the developing relationship between a man and a woman. A godly
relationship is between a man and a woman marriage makes them one. A relationship outside of a god sanctioned marriage is of the Devil.

A typological view of Song of Solomon sees the literal aspects of the Songs but searches deeper within the words. It is a challenge to go deeper into the word of God and learn more.

PSALM 42:7
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. 

Yes, it is when you go deeper into Scripture that you develop the foundations of faith.

PSALM 42:7 THE EXPANDED VERSION
·Troubles have come again and again [L- Deep calls to deep], ·sounding like waterfalls [L- at the sound of your torrents; C: waters represent distress; 69:1–2]. Your waves and your breakers ·are crashing all around [L- pass over] me.

The word is not always literal which is why you have to put all things in context.

Song of Solomon is a lesson in getting to know someone personally. It is a lesson in getting to know God intimately.

PSALM 34:8
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 

The Songs is about an experience that leads to adoration. It is about falling in love which leads to worship. David said in Psalm 34 “taste and see”; the Shulamite woman spoke of her beloved lying between her breast (S.O.S. 1:13)- you will not “get” this until you experience his presence.

PSALM 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. 

To worship Him is more than singing a slow song. Your challenge is to forget about the world around you and what “they” say and allow the Spirit of God to lead you.


SONG OF SOLOMON 1:8-17

The Beloved
If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow in the footsteps of the flock, and feed your little goats beside the shepherds’ tents. I have compared you, my love,to my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots. Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with chains of gold.
The Daughters of Jerusalem
We will make you ornaments of gold with studs of silver.
The Shulamite
While the king is at his table, my spikenard sends forth its fragrance. A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, that lies all night between my breasts. My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms in the vineyards of En Gedi.
The Beloved
Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove’s eyes.
The Shulamite
Behold, you are handsome, my beloved! Yes, pleasant! Also our bed is green. The beams of our houses are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

God sees the good in you, He sees you as you are not as people say you are. It is the Spirit of God that will help you, guide you. You are, indeed, covered by the blood of Jesus (Revelations 1:5). Father God wants you to come, into His secret place.

PSALM 91:1
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

“Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair!” God does not make mistakes! Man will gladly list your faults but God will tell you how wonderful you are.

PSALM 139:4
For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.  

Like the Shulamite woman you must develop an aprreciation for how He sees you. You must see the beauty of Jesus’ disfigured body from the 39 lashes, the holes in His hands and feet from the nails that secured Him to the cross. You absolutely must see how much He loved you and declare: “Behold, you are handsome, my beloved! Yes, pleasant!”  This is worship.

1 JOHN 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us. 

- It is a MATTER OF FAITH written by Marsha L F Randolph

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