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Key Scripture: “The Lord God planted a garden…” Genesis 2:8
Power Point:
My home is literally in the center of
a garden. All around me are and trees and wonderful colors. It is the
most amazing place. This morning the Lord sent me to a “new” garden- the garden
of my heart. He led me to Song of
Solomon where I had been reading recently and suddenly I got a whole new
revelation of what this wonderful book is telling us.
In chapter 2, the
Beloved is talking about His beloved one.
He describes the Beloved as someone with
whom He has an intimate relationship. He says that in that heart there are fountains
marked by His own seal of authority and as He walks through this garden, He
finds beautiful, plentiful fruit; fruit that pleases Him. This fruit is available to Him any time He
asks for it. There are no barren fruit trees in this garden. It is a secret
place, set aside for The Beloved and His Beloved.
This garden, this
Secret Place, seems to symbolize the garden of our hearts.
We are commanded to guard that garden, to keep it as He intended it to be, a
flourishing, amazing array of beautiful colors and an incredible amount of
gorgeous fruit. We are to enclose it so that nothing will destroy its
peaceful beauty. Just as Adam and Eve were told that it was their
job to “tend” their Garden, so are we commanded to keep the garden of our
hearts “well-tended”. The Garden of Eden
was a place where the Lord loved to come and walk with Adam and Eve every day. He let them be fruitful and multiply and “tend”
each day and then when they were resting, He would come and spend intimate time
with Him. I wonder what those times were
like. Did they tell Him how they had
spent their day? Did they ask Him
questions about how they could be more fruitful and multiply?
The saddest thing
to think about was when God came into the Garden and could not find Adam and Eve. You
can see it again in Song of Solomon when The Beloved comes to His bride, and
she is too busy to open the door to Him. It reminds me of the parable of the 10
Virgins, half of whom were busy with other things; things other than tending to
their preparations for the Bridegroom to come.
Can you imagine a
picture of what the garden of your heart might look like today? Is it a serene place, with the sofa cushions
plumped and ready for the Bridegroom to sit down in the cool of the day with
you? Have you cleaned up all the
newspapers, and dirty glasses lying around and swept everything clean? Is your lamp lit with plenty of oil and have
you put on your best robes to welcome the King of Kings into your heart? Are there shoes of peace on your feet and are there wonderful bowls of fruit filling the air with their fragrance? Will He find
fresh water in sparkling glasses to quench His thirst?
In other words,
is this Secret Garden ready for the Presence of God to come and be blessed by
your preparations? Be sure the door is unlocked, and the room sparkling clean as
He peers through the windows trying to find His Beloved?
Are you listening
with great anticipation for the sound of His voice and His knock at the
door? Is the Secret Place ready and waiting for Him? Are you?
Power Thought:
"God's desire is to not only have you experience His love, but to totally overwhelm you with His love. To have you experience it to overflowing. To have you sense, feel, taste, and touch His love for you. He really wants you to experience Him."
Linda Boone, "Intimate Life Lessons, Developing the Intimacy with God that You already Have.
Copyright (c) 2014, Suzanne Roberts, Unpublished Work
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