On these bright sunny days, boys and girls are often out in the parks and forest preserves, where God’s handiwork is seen in the flowers and trees of the field. Perhaps we could have a little talk together today on four plants. we read about in the Bible.
THE BLEEDING MYRRH— Song of Sol. 5:5. This speaks to us of the dying Saviour. The word means “bleeding-flowing.” It was sweet-smelling. It flowed from the tree where it was bruised or cut. It is said to have been used in the Near East by a rejected lover, who anointed the handles of the door that was closed against him. All this tells of Jesus, the lover of our souls, who died. He was pierced for us. His blood flowed for sin. How can any reject His love, or close their heart’s door against Him? Have you opened yours? Can you say, “As myrrh new bleeding from the tree,
Is a dying Christ to me?”
THE LOWLY HYSSOP— 1 Kings 4:33. It was the smallest of plants of which Solomon sang (I Kings 4:33). It was used to dip in the basin of blood and sprinkle the lintel and door posts, that dark night when the destroying angel passed over the land of Egypt and slew the first-born. Only those that were under the shelter of the blood were spared (Ex. 12:22). The hyssop was weak in itself but grew out of the strong wall. So does faith take hold of the precious blood of Christ for salvation, and clings to Him, the mighty One, for security and strength.
THE LOVELY LILY —Song of Sol, 2:2. Type of a saint of God, white and pure—lowly and lovely. God sees all who are in Christ, spotless and fair. They are made white in the blood of the Lamb (Rev. 7:14), They keep themselves unspotted from the world (Jas. 1:27). The babe Moses was “fair” to God (Acts 7:20). So are all the saved. They become Christ-like, meek and lowly. And the day is coming when they will be glorified and made like unto Christ perfectly (I John 3:2). How wonderful to be saved when young!
THE PRICKLY THORN—Hebrews 6:8. God’s picture of a sinner. They “shall be all of them as thorns thrust away.” 2 Samuel 23:6; “whose end is to be burned.” Heb. 6:8. Fit only for the fire. No fruit to God, no beauty; they die as they live, in sin, and pass into eternity, unwashed, unforgiven. How sad the end! How awful the doom and destiny! Would you escape it? Then flee to Jesus now. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved,’ Acts 16:31.
ML 09/17/1967