When He Is Come - Media Sabda Org

from opposite directions, one being cool and the other warm, when converging form a whirlwind,
which draws upward. The wind here symbolizes the Holy Spirit in His energizing and operating
performance. His work is heavenward and the current of His operations draws heavenward. Then
like the bride, may we pray, "blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out." She
desired that her bridegroom might get the fragrance of the fruits and flowers of her garden, which
would revive, inspire, and please him. Even so, we should desire the Holy Spirit to take the fruits
and fragrances of our lives and waft them heavenward that our heavenly Bridegroom might smell
of them, be pleased, and receive them. Then she also prayed, "Let my beloved come into his garden,
and eat his pleasant fruits," even so, should we desire and pray for the coming of our heavenly
Bridegroom into the garden of our hearts, to partake of the pleasant fruits and be satisfied. Such
should be the operations of the Holy Spirit upon our lives, and as the divine Wind, carry the
fragrance of our lives unto Christ, which will inspire His coming to us.
V. Water
Water is a mystery. It also symbolizes the Spirit, which gives us an idea of the character of the
Holy Spirit. Water is refreshing, reviving, and satisfying. Salvation is likened to water, and the
drinking of it to the receiving and partaking of salvation. In the Old Testament, salvation is likened
to taking a cup and the drinking of water. In the New Testament, salvation is likened unto a well of
living water. Christ illustrated salvation thus to the woman at Jacob's well, saying that the water that
He would give to drink should be a well of water springing up into everlasting life. Then later on,
Christ likened the coming of the Holy Spirit into our hearts to rivers of living water, and that the
indwelling Spirit would flow through us as rivers of living water. The Holy Spirit is the water and
we are the channels. We should freely offer ourselves to Him as channels through which He may
flow to bring refreshings to us and others.
VI. Fire
Fire is a cleansing element. It is illuminating, searching, and purifying. Such is the work of the
Holy Spirit. John, the baptizer, said that Christ would baptize people with the Holy Ghost and with
fire. On the day of Pentecost, at the outpouring of the Spirit there appeared unto the one hundred and
twenty, cloven tongues like as of fire, and sat on each of them. In the Old Testament, the sacrifices
were consumed by fire. Only that which is consumed, empowered, energized, and inspired by the
Holy Spirit will be accepted in the sight of God. The fire on the brazen altar was given by the Lord
Who started it for the priests, but it was up to the priests to never allow it to go out. It was up to them
to replenish the fuel and carry out the ashes. The way to keep a fire from going out is to provide fuel
for it and see that the ashes are removed. So it is in our lives. The fire of the Holy Spirit falls upon
the altar of our hearts, but it is up to us to see that it never becomes extinguished, and, like the
priests, whether by day, or by night, see that plenty of fuel is added to the fire. This is done by
praying in the night and in the day, by studying the Bible, and by testimony. If this is done the fire
will never become extinguished. Let us be the altar and allow Him ever to burn in our hearts.