Topic: His Banner over Us [Sunday March 13, 2016]
Text: Song of Solomon 2:1-9
Key Verse: “He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love” (Song Of Solomon 2:4).
Modern-day flags were developed from their medieval equivalents, known then as standards and banners, commonly used by the military to announce the presence of an army on the battle field. They were also used to indicate the presence of an important personality at occasions like tournaments and ceremonies. A banner would naturally bear the insignia of the person or nation which it publishes.
The flags of the modern nation-states are not much different. It is a national symbol, the focus of national unity and loyalty. Its general features are usually symbolic expressions of the nation’s history, geography and aspiration. The body of Christ is a nation of priests, and an army of the Lord. We have an indisputable banner, though not material, it is real and eternal.
This banner of Christ inspires true Christians to manfully fight on to the very end. His love is our banner. King Solomon and the nation of Israel have tasted of the love of God. He seems, in our text, to be making allusion to the love of God that brought Israel out of the Egyptian bondage into Canaan, a land flowing with milk and honey. It was not their power that got them this exquisite green land; it was the unmerited love of God. Jesus, having rescued us from the power of the wicked one, brought us to the banquet place where He bestowed upon us graces and gifts which we merited not. He did it for us because He loves us. He commands us to share God’s love with others, not only by preaching but also by loving all men the same way He has loved us.
This wicked and sinful world requires our compassion and love more than our scorn and vilification. Therefore, let us be filled with Christ’s kind of love, and keep sharing same with others, marching on till He calls us home to rest.
Thought for the day: If we love Him better, we’ll share Him better.
Bible Reading in one Year: Numbers 19 – 21
DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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