Song of Solomon 1:4
Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
Song of Solomon 1:4 belongs to an Oriental love poem written in the warm, figurative language of the East. It is often read as a parable or poetic picture of Christ, the heavenly Bridegroom, and His church, His bride, setting forth His wonderful love and affection for her. It presents the closeness and permanence of the union between Christ and the church, and it also pictures the spiritual experience of a believing, loving soul. The experiences of Solomon in the book may serve as a type of Christ and His church.
In Song of Solomon 1:2-4 the church addresses Christ, asking Him to draw her and declaring that the King has brought her into His chambers, with gladness and rejoicing in Him and remembrance of His love more than wine. It portrays Christ's church as a pure and beautiful woman drawn to her Beloved by His love, leaning on Him and devoted to Him, with Christ as her chief delight in a relationship marked by love. The church's answering love for Christ often lacks faithfulness and constancy.
The beloved runs after the King because His ointment draws and enables her. The running rests not on human merit, willingness, or strength but on God's mercy, and without His influence she cannot run. The plea to be drawn so as to run after Him is a prayer for God to draw the soul away from perishing things, fear, sorrow, hatred, and self. It is a prayer to be drawn upward to God, where there is love, joy, peace, and lasting life.