Song of Solomon 2:15 “Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.”

This is one of the pieces I made for my final project in my Song of Solomon class.  The Song of Solomon is an allegory, a symbolic narrative to tell a greater truth, of how the Lord relates to the Church, but also the individual believer.  I’ll share with you some of my thoughts as I meditated on these verses as well:

 

Song of Solomon 2:15 “Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.”

            This verse comes when the Beloved is in a season of resting in the Lover’s presence and being fed by him, then he invites her to come away with him to the mountaintops.  She is appealing to his strength to catch the foxes, which represent compromises that prevent her from receiving and enjoying the full possibility of the results of her relationship with the Lover.  Foxes are little, clever animals that are difficult to catch.  The way this applies to the life of a believer is when we ask for the Lord’s leadership and help in overcoming these areas of compromise and sin.  The need to remove even these small compromises is the same message as Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, …”  We cannot afford to be passive about resisting sin, as Matthew 11:12 tells us “From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force. Just like everything in the life of a believer, it’s not something we can do on our own.  The Beloved is asking for help, and we must as the Lord for help too to partner with Him in sanctification.