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Daily Devotionals
Our Daily Homily - Volume 2
Song of Solomon 6:3—I am my Beloved’s, and my Beloved is mine.
To get the full significance of this precious sentence we should compare it with Song of Solomon 2:16. Remark their parallelism, and their contrast.
"My Beloved is mine, and I am his.
He feedeth his flock among the lilies" (R.V.).
And this—
"I am my Beloved’s, and my Beloved is mine.
He feedeth his flock among the lilies" (R.V.).
In the first of these couplets the Spouse lays the first emphasis on her hold of the Beloved; only secondarily does she congratulate herself that she is his. But in the second couplet her chief thought is that she belongs to Him.
In the earlier stages of Christian life, we think most of what we have in Christ; afterwards we love to dwell on his possession of us. You are his estate, for Him to cultivate and rear successive crops for his praise and glory. You are his jewel, to obtain which He renounced all, and on which He will expend infinite care, cutting your facets, and polishing you to shine brightly in his light. You are his house in which He can dwell, opening out unexpected apartments and passages. You are a member of his body, through which He will fulfil his holy purpose. You are his bride, to win whom He came from afar. You are owned, possessed, inhabited, loved, with a peculiar personal affection. As Keble says: "Thou art thy Savior’s darling; doubt no more."
"As the bridegroom to his chosen,
As the king unto his realm,
As the keep unto the castle,
As the pilot to the helm,
So, Lord, art Thou to me."
