Song of Solomon 1:4a – “Draw me away! We will run after you. The king
has brought me into his chambers…”
Today’s One Year Bible reading in the Old Testament begins the Song of Solomon. It is a masterpiece of literature. It is symbolism of a relationship between a man and a woman, a husband and a wife, and it makes for a great marriage manual.
There are portions that are powerfully symbolic of a worshipper and God. This is the symbolism I wish to focus on today. Our text beautifully illustrates this. The first words, “Draw me away,” are from the lips of a passionate worshipper wishing to spend time with God. The fact is in order for us to spend time with God we need to be drawn away. There are so many things in this life that fasten us to their bidding and their work. May there come a cry from God’s people to the heavens asking for a release from life’s tug and pull that we might be with Him. O, that the cords of “busyness” might be broken that allows me to run after Him! Run, my friend! Do it quickly lest the thought of chores and duty prevent you from the King’s chambers! This is where He desires to bring you. Not into the kitchen or the laundry room, but His chambers…a place of intimacy and a ceasing from labor that you might get to know Him.
When the Shulamite (the bride, the worshipper) asks, “Tell me, O you whom I love, where you feed your flock, where you make it rest at noon,” she is told, “Follow in the footsteps of the flock.” (1:7,8) If you want to find God a probable place is where His people are gathered. He is among His flock. He loves to be with His people. Search there, and when you have found Him, follow the example of the Shulamite in chapter 3 verse 4 – “I held Him and would not let Him go.”
I believe God is bringing us into an intimate time of worship and being in His presence. Pray the prayer that loosens earth’s hold on you: “Draw me away!”