Published by We will begin to understand why this book should not be read by the immature. It is suggestive in nature, and must be received in an innocence that springs from a purified, virginised heart. The Holy Spirit wants to open up things to us that the carnal in us will be tempted to corrupt. Here are pearls that can be cast before the swine in us.
The girl has picked up His fragrance, and there has commenced an ache in her spirit for Him. She wants Him for herself. The relationship has now moved from the corporate enjoyment of his presence to a deep longing for personal enjoyment, not just of His presence, but His touches of intimacy. A call had gone out to the many: ‘Seek my face…’, and she, the individual had responded with: ‘Your face, Lord, do I seek…’ (Psa.27:8) There is now birthed in her a solitary desire that says, ‘One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire or to meditate in His temple.’ (Psa.27:4)
She cries out: ‘Draw me after you; let us run.’ Just as you cannot come to Him for salvation unless the Father draws you (Jn.6:44), so you cannot pursue Him unless the Spirit draws you. This pursuit comes as a result of an awakening in your heart. It starts with a holy dissatisfaction for simply the corporate relationship and the corporate manifestations. The ‘running’ speaks of long-term desire, as opposed to a momentary singular ‘touch’.
Where do they run? ‘The King (for that is who he is) has brought me into his chambers.’ An understanding of His rule, and an acceptance of it in the heart, will always precede a life of intimate love and devotion. The word ‘chamber’ is CHEDER – ‘the inner bedchamber’. This is not a place for the public but for the invited lover. In this place, as Nee says, ‘In the bridal chamber she unquestionably would taste a fellowship never known before and, incidentally, would see things she had never seen before.’
I hope that you are sensing the drawing of the Spirit; I hope you are beginning to sense the fragrance of his person and his breath. May you be drawn into an intimacy that you have not known before, and may you become absolutely intoxicated in his love
