[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (GP), a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]
𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝟙:𝟙𝟝
"How
beautiful you are, my darling,
How
beautiful you are!
Your
eyes are like doves."
A
friend of mine called me up yesterday and asked if a worship leader can ever
sing a love song on weekdays!
First,
the real worship leader is not the man with the guitar, it's the man with the
Bible. The teaching pastor of the church is the real worship leader. If not,
it's not biblical worship.
Second,
we have a love song in the Bible. Look at such verse as SoS. 1:15. It's a
dialogue between a lover.
Third,
Sensual descriptions are avoided. Filthy language isn't included. Indeed, not
all songs are comely to Christians.
𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝟚:𝟙𝟞
"My
beloved is mine, and I am his;
He
pastures his flock among the lilies."
Indeed!
This is what marriage is. Paul echoed the same that the wife is not her own,
nor the husband his own. It is certainly in the context of intimate desire,
where one submits to the desire of the other!
𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝟛:𝟚
"I
must arise now and go about the city;
In
the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.'
I
sought him but did not find him."
How
a lover seeks to meet her lover! I remember Proverbs 1:20-21, an exhortation to
seek wisdom. Indeed, God has given us the capacity to desire, to be passionate.
𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝟜:𝟟
"You
are altogether beautiful, my darling,
And
there is no blemish in you."
Indeed,
love covers a multitude of sins. Love overlooks faults and mistakes. Love does
not keep a record of wrong. If human lovers can do that, God the perfect lover
is more awesome. Actually, that's what God does to a sinner when he comes to
God. He blots the sins away. He makes him white as wool, like snow.
𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝟝:𝟙𝟘
"My
beloved is dazzling and ruddy,
Outstanding
among ten thousand."
Blessed
is the one who is satisfied with one's spouse. His/her spouse stands out among
all, and will trade everything just for that one person!
𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝟞:𝟛
"I
am my beloved's and my beloved is mine,
He
who pastures his flock among the lilies."
This
is already mentioned in 2:16.
Marriage
is monogamous. Faithful. Till death separates.
𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝟟:𝟜
"Your
neck is like a tower of ivory,
Your
eyes like the pools in Heshbon
By
the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your
nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which
faces toward Damascus."
The
lover loves everything about his lover. Everything is beautiful to her, her
body, each and every part of her body. He loves her wholesomely.
There
are some people who got married because they found out to be pregnant. There
are some people who want to run away from their spouses because they happen to
have an affair and would like to live with their newfound partners. They
thought those were love, the basis for marriage.
True
lover loves not only a part but loves the whole person, including the soul
immortal!
𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝟠:𝟟
"Many
waters cannot quench love,
Nor
will rivers overflow it;
If
a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,
It
would be utterly despised."
Wow!
Great description of Love. Nothing can suppress love. Nothing can outshine
love. Nothing is more valuable than love.
A
college professor of mine once said, "When Poverty knocks at the door,
Love flies away through the window." Well, that's not love. Love never
dies, never gives up according to this verse and 1 Corinthians 13. And
God also loves us with this kind of love in Romans 8.