Hosea 13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
I am scorched by the sun (a spiritual thought).
Song of Songs 1:6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
My beloved, the Shulammite woman, says that she is scorched by the sun. The heat of the sun is a metaphor for suffering. If we look in the Bible, we can see that some people are experiencing this sun of suffering.
Genesis 18:1, 9-10 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; … And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Abraham sat in the scorching sun which means he was experiencing suffering. He had no real heir, no offspring, and he was suffering. Are you also being scorched by the sun that scorched Abraham? Do not forget that God is In the burning wilderness. He visited Abraham while it was still sunny and promised him, filled his need, and gave him offspring. Believe me, in this sunny experience of yours, my Jesus is going to befriend you.
John 4:6-7 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
The Samaritan woman came to the well at noon. Because of this she is being touched by the sun. What is the trouble or suffering that she has? She is in shame, she experiences reproach, she has no real husband which means no protector. She has a dry life. Are you also being touched by the sun? Then you should understand (Hosea 13:5) the one who made friends with you in the scorching wilderness. Jesus, who visited her and changed her condition from a helpless woman to a beautiful one, Jesus is ready to make friends with you.
Job 30:30 My skin is black and it is falling off from me, and my bones are burned.
Job is burning with the heat of the sun (tribulation). You know in the Bible, Job was touched by the sun of many afflictions. In wealth, in family, in body, he experienced many afflictions. But (Hosea 13:5) he who loved you in the scorching desert. God visited Job and gave him twice as many blessings as he had lost.
God is ready to be with you in your life. The Lord Jesus Christ is worthy of being your friend.
Luke 23:44-46 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Jesus Christ suffered for you in the darkness so that you could walk in the light. The just for the unjust. Praise God!
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
1 John 1:5-7 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Taught by a man of God.
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