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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.

This is more than resignation. She’s not just accepting the north
wind. She’s inviting the north wind to blow. She desires whatever
will please him. The disposition is that it doesn’t matter. If there’s
no blowing, there’s no flowing. As the indispensable condition is
childlikeness, the indispensable disposition is absolute surrender.

What is the goal of all of this? John 12:20&21, “Now there were
certain Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the
feast; these therefore came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of
Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’”
First there’s childlikeness, then there’s surrender and now is the
redemptive part. The Greeks came to Philip and said, “We want to
see Jesus.” Was it curiosity? Why did they come? Did they come
to argue? We don’t know. Were they really seeking the Lord?
Perhaps. The only thing God calls attention to is the response of
Jesus. When you look at it with our physical eyes it looks like He
ignored them. He never went out to talk to them. He only talked to
the disciples. Jesus explained to the disciples about redemptive
living.