Song of Solomon 6:2-3. “My beloved is gone down into His garden. To the bed of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies. I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine: He feedeth among the lilies.”
HIS GARDEN. Fruits of righteousness send into the air of a polluted world, the scent of the millions of believers around the world who are zealous of good works – from His garden. Fruits of holiness bring pleasure to Him as the moral purity of those who own Him as Lord respond to His call to “Be ye holy for I am holy” – in His garden. The gifts and graces of His own “spices’ that He has bestowed on each of those He has numbered among the chosen in Him, are mingled together blessing everyone – in His garden.
The union of all the parts brings delight to Him as He comes down, down to where His own live in fellowship with Him whose love remains strong in spite of all that happens – in His garden. He is gathering lilies from every part of earth and each is made pure and white by His blood and each one grows bringing pleasure to Him – in His garden. Each one planted in the garden now is taking root in earthly soil; preparing for the day when all together, the lilies are planted in heaven – from His garden. All that separates the bride and bridegroom is removed; the separation is ended as both enjoy the blessings and beauty – of His garden.
From the gardens comes that on which He feeds as a shepherd; the worship ascends from gathered companies of His own all over the world, and there is communion – in the gardens. He refreshes Himself as His own gather around His Person and name His name, Lord Jesus Christ, as our only attraction where He feeds – in the gardens. Separated unto Himself as an enclosed place, the Bridegroom and the bride enjoy the blessings of privacy and harmony amidst a noisy, raucous world – in the gardens. He gives the attention and the tending needed as He tends the lilies that bring Him delight and reflects His purity – in the gardens. He cares for the garden and the gardens; He delights in the garden and the gardens; He visits the garden and the gardens – they are His to share with the bride. All the beauties and the glories of His Person are reflected – in His garden and in His gardens.
“Father, I can glimpse a little of what it must have been like when in the cool of the evening, Adam and Eve shared with Thee, the joy of harmonious fellowship. It is kind of like that when the Lord’s people are gathered like lilies in a garden, around the Lord Jesus and we share our words and hymns and inner thoughts as we worship together. I am grateful to be able to experience a little of the delights of the garden. Amen.”