The Finest of the Wheat: Volume 1 by Watchman Nee

Author:Watchman Nee
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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9 Spiritual Experience

. . In this book of the Song of Songs our relationship

with the Lord is not presented as if patterned after the

relationship of Jonathan with David but after that of the

Shulammite with King Solomon. Jonathan loved David

because the latter had overcome the enemy; the

Shulammite maiden loves Solomon because of Solomon himself.

Some people love the Lord only for the sake of the cross, but some others love Him not only for His cross but also for His resurrection.

The cross is where the Lord won the victory and is thereby enthroned; resurrection, however, bespeaks the Lord himself. The queen of Sheba heard at first of Solomon’s acts but later she saw him in person. What truly attracted her was Solomon himself. Hence we must not love the Lord only with Jonathan’s love for David but also love Him with the Shulammite’s love for Solomon. This book

teaches us to know Him as King. . . .

This Song stands in contrast to Ecclesiastes in that the latter book speaks of a life of wandering whereas Solomon’s Song speaks of rest from wandering. Ecclesiastes tells us how men could not find satisfaction through the pursuit of knowledge, but this Song shows us how to be satisfied through love. Ecclesiastes talks about life’s pursuit under the sun; this Song talks of one’s life pursuit in Christ.

Ecclesiastes informs us that the object as well as the way of our seeking are wrong; therefore the end is vanity of vanities. This Song instructs us that the object and the way of our seeking are right, so the end is good. . . .

First Division: The Initial Seeking and Satisfaction (1.2-2.7)

. . . Spiritual growth and earnest seeking are altogether inseparable.

Unless a believer has within him a dissatisfaction for the ordinary as 256

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well as a desire for the pursuit of personal love, both being created by the Holy Spirit, he will never seek for the experience of a close relationship with the Lord. Such desire is the root of all future experiences in spiritual growth.

How is it that I have such a desire? Because I have had vision.

The Holy Spirit has given me a vision which ordinary people do not see. I have received a revelation of the Lord, knowing that “thy love is better than wine.” For this reason, I long for Him to “kiss me with the kisses of his mouth” (1.2). . . .

The revelation of the chambers—“I am black, but comely” (1.5a).

The first result of the maiden being in His chambers (see 1.4b) is to

see her own blackness. Without seeking, there is no possibility of seeing. She now sees her real self. Perhaps this is the first time she has ever seen her blackness. This blackness is not a mutation but is original as in Adam. Yet at the same time, she also sees how she is accepted in the Beloved. Hence, she can say, “I am black, but comely.” This comeliness points to the acceptance in the Beloved Son.

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