“Turn away thine eyes from me, For they have overcome me: Thy hair is as a flock of goats That appear from Gilead.”
Song of Solomon 6:5 KJV
Solomon’s song says, “Turn your eyes from me; I can’t take it anymore! I can’t resist the passion of these eyes that I adore. Overpowered by a glance, my ravished heart—undone. Held captive by your love, I am truly overcome! For your undying devotion to me is the most yielded sacrifice.” The Hebrew word for “overcome” is Rahab. Like the harlot, who was chosen, favoured, saved from Jericho’s destruction, and included in the genealogy of Jesus, so we have “overcome” His heart. No one would have thought Rahab would be so honoured - and many say that about us today. We have overcome many things but to overcome His heart is love’s delight for we overcome by the Blood of the Lamb and by the Word of our testimony. Hair in Scripture is a picture of our devotion to Christ like Mary. It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Let’s obey with fear and trembling and with sincere devotion to Christ, and enjoy Him delighting in us. Amen!
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