I am my beloved’s,
And his desire is toward me. v.10
Read chapter 6
Gentle yet firm. Solomon just finished talking sexually inappropriately with her, trying to stir up her passion in describing her physical beauty (vv.1-9). Yet she refuses to fall to this flattery and speaks gently and firmly to the king that she is her beloved's, her betrothed country boy. Her affections are already for another man whom she already loves deeply. She is refusing the petitioner (Solomon) who was speaking and says she already belongs to another. She reveals that she's already married to another and that's who she's going to stay with. Oh how sad that today though knowing one is married, so much adultery and inappropriate sexual indulgence still happens. May we all be able to resist both being the one trying to excite passions of one who is already married and also being disciplined to resist temptation of someone that is not our spouse. To be firm in this standing takes discipline and denying desires of the flesh, but it will save from much destruction and heartache that would follow.
Who is someone you may need to be firm towards in guarding your relationship with your one beloved? (This is both for singles and marrieds to consider)
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