‘Who is This’

‘Who Is This’

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

Song of Solomon 8:5

The Song of Solomon offers to us a poetic and picturesque portrait of the relationship between Christ and His Church. According to the story, Christ is the Bridegroom and His Church is the Bride. By the time we arrive at the closing chapter of the Book, the Bride has been transformed into someone that those around her barely recognize. From what she was at the beginning to what she has become has been an overwhelming change. Hence the ‘daughters of Jerusalem’ ask ‘Who is this?’ How did this transformation come to be? We can trace it back to one source. It is the love of the Bridegroom which has made the difference. This brings us to the Person and work of Christ. This is the story of the people of God in every age. We can trace it through every epoch of history. It has been the work of Christ throughout history to separate out of the world a people unto Himself. He has been at work since before the foundation of the world to orchestrate all things to the purpose of bringing His people unto Himself and to change them into His Own Likeness. The results of that so utterly transforms us, that those around us can barely recognize us from what we used to be. This is the work of sanctification. It is ‘a work of God’s free grace.’ Today, let us look to Christ to make it evermore evident in our life.

Our Living and Loving Savior,
we praise You that You transform us by Your Almighty Grace.
We rejoice that You will not cease Your Work in us
until You conform us utterly unto Your Glorious Image.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning