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Day 31: From Chamber to Chamber (SoS 1:4c)

 "Draw me away! We will run after you. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you." Song  of Songs 1:4

Each day, many guests come and go in a house. Some will never make it past the gate, some will make it to the front door, some to the living room but only friends, friends who have proven themselves trustworthy make it to the bedroom.

The Bride says here that the King brought her into the most intimate place in His court, His bedroom.

The chamber is where we get to know the King personally. Where He takes His intimate friends. It's just like oftentimes Jesus went to a secluded place with the twelve disciples. Sometimes He goes with only Peter, James, and John.

In Matthew 6: 5-6, Jesus said:

“Whenever you pray, be sincere and not like the pretenders who love the attention they receive while praying before others in the meetings and on street corners. Believe me, they’ve already received their reward. But whenever you pray, go into your innermost chamber and be alone with Father God, praying to him in secret. And your Father, who sees all you do, will reward you openly. (TPT)

In this scripture, Jesus was emphasizing being alone before God with absolutely no one in sight. The idea is to meet with God in the most hidden and concealed place you can think of.

The reason is that praying in secret rids you of all hypocrisy and human attention so you can focus on the Lord alone. In that place, we can commune with God in all sincerity of heart. It's where we search God and He in turn searches us. It's where we bare ourselves to Him and He in turn bares Himself to us. When we come to Him in our chamber, sincere and open to Him, He brings us to His.

Because of the seclusion of the chamber, and its separation from the outside world, it's a place of not just encounter but vulnerability. It's why David said in Psalm 14:2:

“Yahweh looks down in love, looking over all of Adam’s sons and daughters. He’s looking to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, any who are searching for God and wanting to please him.” (TPT)

And says also in Psalm 139:23:

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties”

So David was saying in these psalms that God wants us to search and know Him as He also wants to search and know us. So like He testified of knowing Abraham I  Genesis 18:19 He can say the same of us.

Just like intercourse between a man and his wife happens behind closed doors, to access the chamber of King Jesus, we must be in secret. There we create memories with Him just as we do with a human lover. Waiting in secret is a sign that we accept His invitation into His chamber. Then He comes and by Himself brings us to that chamber.

PRAY WITH ME:
Lord, rid my heart of all hypocrisy and desire to please men as I spend time with you. I open my heart to you, search me and know me as I in turn search and know you in the secret place. Amen.

REFLECT AND ACT:
  • Do you have a chamber, your own secret place where you wait on the King till He brings you into His chamber? How often do you do that?
  • When in church or some other gathering of believers, are your actions sincere or do you do what you do to be noticed?
Ponder these questions and make adjustments where necessary.

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