"Chapter Two"

"I am the spring crocus blooming on the Sharon Plain, the lily of the valley." (S.O.S. 2:1 NLT)

  There are some things that require time, and there are some things that time does not wait for; in the life of the believer, time is of the essence! We hear that term quite frequently, as it is a popular term in contract law and in the medical field; but in the normal Christian life, time is not measured in units, but it is measured in ability and confirmation. If I might be blunt, a lot of that is based upon feelings.
  If you really want to get right down to it, I believe that the New Believer is meant to run from the very first moment of birth. So much has changed over the years, as the current generation of leaders are instructing new believers to take it slow, read certain Scriptures and study material, and get involved in a small group study; all of which is fine, but the new believer is born with everything they need to run, right from the start; making them to first learn to crawl and then walk, is not only a waste of time, it is a waste of resources.
  You might have a different view, and you are entitled to it; but I can tell you from experience, putting your gifts and calling on hold, is not only a waste of time and resources, but it messes up the priorities and the reason you are here. Strike while the iron is hot, is another term that is better suited for the Christian life; because it is not about feelings, it is about opportunity and leading. Tell me, if you can, how many times that there was something powerful done in the Spirit, where the person being led to do something, said, 'I'll come back this way tomorrow and pray for you.'
  To point something out, this verse is a continuation of the 'Young Woman' sharing her experience with her beloved; and in this case, she has discovered her worth. Something to ponder, if that is even a good plan of response; because the more we think about it, the more we think about it wrongly! I don't think we can give ourselves the opportunity to debate the issue: our thoughts are not His, and our ways come nowhere close to His ways; so why even try to figure anything out! We had a little expression in jail for playing dominoes: Study long, study wrong!
  The point I think in that, is much to do about commitment and opportunity: You know what it is you are meant to do, so you don't hesitate to do it, once that door opens up. This is also something else, to those that might be into songs and poetry; because the "Rose of Sharon," and the "Lilly of the Valley," are both applied to Jesus Christ.
  I have one of those abstract pictures, the one that shows Jesus on the cross; and the one thing I tell everyone that tries to see Jesus and can't, is to find their own reflection and try staring into their own eyes, and then Jesus will suddenly appear. This is what happens with new life; don't waste any time trying to undo what just happened: run with it...

"Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that now the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For a woman which hath a husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that ye should bring forth fruit unto God." (Romans 7:1-4)