4월 13일 스펄전 아침묵상 “나의 사랑하는 자는 내 품 가운데 몰약 향낭이요” [아가 1장 13절]
April 13 "A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me" (Song of Solomon 1: 13). Myrrh may well be chosen as the type of Jesus on account of its preciousness, its perfume, its pleasantness, its healing, preserving, disinfecting qualities, and its connection with sacrifice. But why is He compared to "a bundle of myrrh?" First, for plenty. He is not s sprig or a flower of it, but a whole bundle. There is enough in Christ for all my necessities. "In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily" (Colossians 2: 9). Everything needful is in Him. Take Jesus in His different characters, and you will see a marvelous variety--Prophet, Priest, King, Husband, Friend, Shepherd. View Him in His virtue, gentleness, courage, self-denial, love, faithfulness, truth, righteousness--everywhere He is a bundle of preciousness. he is a "bundle of myrrh" for preservation--not loose myrrh, to be d...