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When she heard those words, “You are my garden,” she was amazed
because she thought she was the gardener. He said, “You are not
the gardener; you are the garden; a garden locked and a garden
enclosed.” And for the first time in the Song the bride begins to
understand. The groom was saying to the bride, “I love you just the
way you are. You don’t need to make yourself attractive and you
don’t have to try so hard to win my approval. Up to this time it was
her efforts but now she said, “I’m his garden.”

Song 4:9, “You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride;
You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your
eyes, with a single strand of your necklace.” The groom said, “You
make my heart skip a beat. You ravish my heart. My heart beats
fast when I see you.” Do you believe that the Lord’s heart beats fast
when He looks at you? His heart skips a beat. He loves you and He
delights in you. That’s not flattery. Flattery is an insincere
complement. This is how He really feels.

When she understood that she was his garden and that he loved her,
she prayed a prayer that I’m calling the indispensable disposition.
Song 4:16, “Awake, O north wind, and come, wind of the south;
make my garden breathe out fragrance, let it’s spices be wafted
abroad. May my beloved come into this garden and eat its choice
fruits!”

Listen to the bride’s prayer. She said, “Wake up north wind and
blow on my garden.” What is the north wind? That’s a chilly wind
and that’s frosty wind. That pictures hard times and affliction. She
said, “I’m his garden; north wind come blow on the garden.” She’s
not only asking the north wind but she’s begging the north wind.
Then she thinks about it and she says, “Wake up south wind.” The
south wind is prosperity and blessing. It’s health and it’s goodness.
Here is the bride’s disposition. She said, “I’m his garden. I don’t
care if it’s the north wind or the south wind. It’s whatever pleases
him.” That becomes the disposition. It doesn’t matter if it’s the
north wind or the south wind. If he’s happy, blow on my garden.