Maidens and City

Maidens and City

She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. (Pro.9:3-5)

The unique wisdom in you has got her maidens. The wisdom is referred in feminine character because the wisdom is likened to a mother who begets spiritual children. The maidens are those saints in the body of Christ who take upon themselves the lowly and humble function of disseminating a truth to the whole body of Christ. The maidens are the humble carriers or messengers who cry upon the highest places of the city. The city is typical of a society or a community who are extravagant in their material lives. There are innumerable Christians who live a kind of such material life without sharing the same with the other members of the Body of Christ. They are likened to the rich man in the parable of Jesus who suffered in the hell because they have forgotten the poor Lazarus in their midst. There are also many Christians who live comfortable lives or who do not want to come out of their comfort zones for the sake of evangelism. All these people are likened to the inhabitants of the city. They have no vision of “evangelism”. Literally speaking, they are not bothered about the people living in villages who have not heard the gospel.

The wisdom or her maiden exhort the people living in the high places of the city to come and eat of “my bread and drink of the wine” which she has mingled. The wisdom speaks of “my bread” here. It is the body of Christ which is being shared as the spiritual bread of life among the saints in a local church. Everyone of us can claim this as “my bread” which gives us healing in our bodies and which causes miracles in our lives. This bread multiplies the few loaves of bread and the two fishes in our plates. It is exclusively your bread that gives spiritual strength in your spirit and physical strength in your frail body.

The wisdom in me has mingled my wine with the wines of other saints and has enabled me to have fellowship with the saints through the one Bread that came from the heaven. That one Bread has become my Bread to be shared with the other members of the same Body. The revelations from the Word have to be shared with the other members of the Body.

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