BRIDE’S LITTLE SISTER
BRIDE’S LITTLE SISTER
“We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?” tells the Shulamite and her brothers who now appear on the scene, about their little sister in verse 8 of Chapter 8 in the Song of Songs. They have a great concern for a physically weak sister of theirs, who has not attained the stage of puberty. Of the chosen people of God, there are some spiritually weak people likened to the little sister who has no breasts in the Song. They are spiritually so weak that they have not attained the stage of breast-feeding the poor saints or the missionaries in a sacrificial manner. They neither share their material blessings with the poor saints nor intercede in prayer for the servants of God. They don’t have the spiritual breasts to feed. They are so self-centered that they pray to God for His blessings upon their families and relatives and friends of their own circle. They hardly pray for the missionaries and servants of God in different places or give any sacrificial offering to God’s work or to the poor saints in the spiritual Jerusalem.
Like the Shulamite, you should have concern about those members of the Body who are spiritually weak, and who have not attained the spiritual maturity of sacrificing their material blessings for the sake of the poor saints (I Cor.12: 23-25).