"The flowers appear on the earth; the time of thesinging of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;"
we continue with this series of verses on the spiritaul fulfillment of our Lord unto His children (child). Our last verse gave to us the setting of the season and time. 'The winter is past', we now move on to the next season of spring. spiritually that which was dead is now coming to life. What season are you in?
the flowers appear on the earth - the snow has melted, the cold has abated and with that flowers appear; One cannot happen until the other has occurred. Winter must pass before spring can come. Flowers cannot appear until temperatures warm up and the ground de-thaws from its winter hibernation. Thus, when one sees in March or April flowers appearing on the ground, we know that seasons have changed from one to the other.
The same it is for the spiritual dead in winter of sin and iniquity, who has been strangely warmed by the Spirit to eternal life. They begin to show life in their actions. They are seeking; they are hungry; they are aware of truth about their eternal soul. It is said of Spurgeon that he mourned and agonized for weeks over his eternal state. This is the transition from death to life. An awareness breaks forth upon a dead soul that their life and hope in Christ. And when they know their true lost estate and high offences against the Lord God Almighty, they see a great SAvior to rescue, to save, to deliver. 'The flowers appear' and show their is life indeed in Him. For Who else can make a flower to grow? Who else can make life come from death? 'I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.' the flowers show life in Christ, for He is life - 'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.'
'The flowers appears' is also life in our other interest of REVIVAL. The picture painted for us is that spiritual life is ebbing; winter has been long and hard; and no sign of life or hope is on the horizon. YEt, when the cold temperatures change; when the earth softens is hard, frozen ground, then life shoots up and shows itself. And so it is, that when the church has begun to awaken, there are signs of life all aroudn. Consider some of those absolute 'signs of life' to be seen: Prayer! Why did we lose it ot begin with? Satan and self blinded Christians to its importance allowed for it to dimminish. But you see a renewed passion to pray rightly and to prevail for the sake of Christ' great Name. Renewing of interest in the holiness of God. Before it seemed careless, withdrawn and absent in the ways, minds and actions of many Christinas and the church. But now, there is a holy purusit for sin to be absent and God to ever present and filling His people. Back to the Word of God. Long winters produce apathy toward the Word. NEglect, abandon, are some of the reasons why this happens. but spring is coming and life must be drawn forth from its true source. The word of God is life ebbing into the winter minds, hearts and souls for renewed life in Him.
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