’Leaning Upon Her Beloved’

‘Leaning Upon Her Beloved’

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved?

Song of Solomon 8:5

We arrive today at the heart of the matter which we have been discussing for the past days. We have considered the transformation of the Bride. We have surveyed the desolate wasteland from which she originates. Today, we come to dwell upon the Person, Who is responsible for her rise and progress. Christ is the Beloved upon Whom His people lean. It was Christ Who came to seek us in the wilderness where we were born. He plucked us from ‘the fearful pit, and from the miry clay.’ Our footing is utterly secure upon the Rock where God has set our feet. He has made us who we are and what we are. This is, and shall ever be, the reason we make much of Christ. All religion, every program, every organization, every device whereby humanity seeks to better itself pales in contrast to the Person and Work of Christ in the soul. We lean utterly and completely upon our Beloved. He who has demonstrated His power in redeeming us, continues to display His power in delivering us from every evil work and preserving us unto His Heavenly Kingdom. We lean upon Him daily, hourly, and moment by moment. Every means of grace enables us to see Him more clearly and to rest upon Him more thoroughly. Today, let us rejoice that we have our Beloved, upon Whom we perpetually lean.

Our Gracious and Loving Savior,
we rejoice that You are Our Beloved in every way.
We praise You that, day by day, we can lean upon You,
as we walk together with You toward our eternal home.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning