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RADICAL LOVE

Quietness is within us, as well as in our surrounding environment. We

can have quietness, but tumult can still be prevalent within. Stillness,
however, is a cessation of word, thought, and desire on the inside—a

place where the centre of our being is united with Emmanuel, God who
is with us—and the point at which we are invited to enter, by faith, into

the “divine rest” of God. One famous servant of the Lord put it like

this: “the place of snuggling and not struggling.”

Here, we learn to know who God is—“Be still and know that I am

God” (Psalm 46:10)—and because He is our life, we also learn to know
who we truly are.

Other commentaries take this verse even further. Some say the

Shulamite is being called from Lebanon, although she is actually in
Jerusalem. This appears to indicate her newly reached elevated position

in the spiritual realm, as Lebanon is renowned for its mountain peaks
and the tall, stately cedars of Lebanon, often mentioned in the Bible.

She can’t stay on the mountain, though.

Remember how Peter asked Jesus, after His transfiguration, to stay up

on the mountain in Matthew 17:1–8? Peter was there to glimpse the

glory and authority of the One he was following—but still had to come
down and dwell once again in the realities of the Christian life. The

same applies to us.

Interestingly, the line after Lebanon mentions descending from Amana.

In Hebrew, Amana comes from a root word meaning “Amen.” Amana

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