"...let me hear it"

HE

O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.

SHE

Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

- Song of Solomon 8:13-14

Here Christ beckons His beloved to let Him hear her voice. She is in the garden, where they have before communed. It is a good place; she is with companions, and here their fellowship is sweet. But Christ desires the believer to call out to Him, to speak to Him. Hear how winsome are His words: O you who dwell in the gardens, let me hear your voice. How often would he bid us come away from our companions and speak to Him alone. He longs to hear His beloved’s voice. Oh believer! Does this not kindle holy warmth within your soul? Christ would hear my voice! His heart melts with love and longing for me! Would that we would ever cry, “Jesus, make haste to come to me!” Would that we might ever long for His presence as He does for ours!

The bride hears her Beloved, and her heart is stirred. Can you not see her in the garden? She hears the sweet command: “let me hear it” and turns to hasten to the clearing at the garden’s edge that looks toward the mountains. Across the valley she calls: “Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spice.”

Here ends the book of Solomon’s song, leaving the church where she ought to be, crying out to Jesus to come quickly - by His Spirit to commune with us now, and in His person to gather us to His presence forever.

Thus also ends the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ: “He who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon."

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!” - Rev. 22:20

Do Thou for Me

"Do Thou for me, O God the Lord,
Do Thou for me;
I need not toil to find the word
That carefully
Unfolds my prayer and offers it,
My God, to Thee.

It is enough that Thou wilt do,
And will not tire,
Will lead by cloud, all the night through
By light of fire,
Till Thou hast perfected in me
Thy Heart's desire.

O blessed be the love that bears
The burden now,
The love that frames our very prayers,
Well knowing how
To coin our gold; O God the Lord,
Do Thou, do Thou."

- Amy Carmichael

"But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord for thy name's sake"
- Psalm 109:21

Prayer I - filling the temple

Lord Jesus,
who was seen of old by the prophet Isaiah,
continually blessed by the mighty seraphim
hailed as "Holy, holy, holy"
Be Thou enthroned within my heart
high and lifted up
that thou might reign supreme
in my affections, my will, my desires
And let the train of Thy robe
fill this temple
that naught else may dwell within
Thus, Lord Jesus,
holy Lord of hosts,
let my whole being be filled with Thy glory

"On My Heart" - The Song

I thought I'd post the song from which the title of my previous post was quoted. It's a beautiful prayer - quite short, but spiritually rich:

"On my heart imprint Thine image,
Blessèd Jesus, King of Grace,
That life’s riches, cares and pleasures
Have no power Thee to efface.
This the superscription be:
Jesus, crucified for me,
Is my Life, my hope’s Foundation,
And my Glory and Salvation."
- Thomas H. Kingo

Listen to the tune.
It might catch on and you can sing it all day long!