“Leave Her Alone”

“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, do not stir up nor awaken love until [she] pleases.” (Song of Solomon 2:7)

My worship team is currently studying through the Song of Solomon together. I was reading through it the other day when this verse struck me. (Note to anyone who happened to stumble across this blog: I am studying Song of Solomon through the classical allegorical interpretation. If you disagree with that, you probably won’t like this post. Fair warning.) 🙂

It’s important to see the context of this verse in order to get a fuller grasp of what it means. And no, I don’t think it is primarily about being a flagship quote for the True Love Waits movement, as much as I appreciate true love waiting. ANYWAY.

 

Study the Song of Songs. For Real.

No. I’m serious. Do it. If you haven’t ever studied it before, you can find Mike Bickle’s notes on it here (Feb 16-Sept 2 2007). You can buy any session of the series on MP3 here. It’s worth giving some time to.

My worship team just went through a class on the Song, taught by the one and only Stuart Greaves. It was fantastic. Though I missed a week of class due to being out of town, I listened to some of Mike’s messages on MP3 while I was gone, and can I just say that it “messed me up” (to borrow the IHOP-ism).