SPIRIT FILLED LIFE

SONG OF SONGS 4:16.

A Highly controversial Book, but full of spiritual truths and meaning.

What makes the difference between a fragrant and a dull Christian Life?  the Ministry

and the influence of the Holy Spirit.

Here in this verse the maiden (the Church/believer) invites her beloved (Christ) to her Garden (heart). Jesus does not wish to live in barren, unfruitful hearts or lives.

At Creation God put man in a garden to live and fellowship with him.

The maiden wants the spices and the aroma from her garden to flow out. The life of Christ is pleasant. It must be transmitted from the heart.

Spices-Ingredients of the Holy Anointing Oil, symbol of the Holy Spirit-Ex,30:22-24.

Note the plants in her garden (vs.12-14). For the fragrance to flow out one things is vital:-Wind, the activity of the Holy Spirit. The maiden invites the wind to flow upon her heart- a call. 

On the day of Pentecost He came as a Mighty Rushing Wind. Why North and South Wind?(Prov.25:23). Rain will dampen the fragrance. The Holy Spirit comes from the 'Sides of the North-God's dwelling place.

The South Wind stills the place, 'Be still and know.....'. Job 37:17.

'Let my beloved come....' If our heart is a pleasant place, Christ will come to rest there. He rested in a garden before and after the Cross.

Pleasant Fruits Gal.5:22-23, produced naturally by the Holy Spirit. They are HIS fruits and HIS garden.