Hey again! Same deal as yesterday- we are going thorugh Song of Solomon chapter 2 this time. Please read the actual Scripture along with my commentary. Again, what God reveals to/ teaches us is pointless if we don't tie it back to His Word.
This chapter deals a lot with the romantic aspects of love- the flirting, the wooing, the weak-at-the-knees feelings. Though it may seem that these are not applicable to our relationships with God, I promise they so, so, so are!
So let's jump in :)
2:2- The groom calls his bride a "lily among thistles." She's his needle in a haystack, the one God created for him to love and serve with. This is important to remember in our human romantic relationships- God created man and woman to love eache other, serve each other, and love and serve Him. He created a patner for each of us to do that with, and we shouldn't force someone to be that partner. (But I digress. We address that later!) Back on track, I do say that GOD SEES US THAT SAME WAY. He sees us as lillies, precious stones, needles, in a haystack world of sin and perversion and corruption. We are beings created solely to love Him. (Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7) We are the Creator's beloved!
2:3-6- This bride is living in the romantic aspect of her love-relationship. She's practically swooning; she tells her beloved to strengthen her with food, because she is weak with love, so we can see from that that she's definitely getting her flirt on. She states that it is 'obvious' how much her groom loves her. She is head over heels. This is how we should feel in the presence of our Beloved, God. Not the flirting part (for those that would try to make that an issue), but the head over heels, cant-get-enough-of-You feeling. We should be giddy and beside ourselves that the One who created absolutely everything, who can have whatever He wants, would see us as worthy to pursue and want as we are. Think about that for a second. It should make you weak with love.
2:7- This is my favorite verse in this whole chapter. "Do not awaken love until the time is right." This solely applies to earthly romantic relatioships. God created us as humans to love love. We should want to love, we should desire to be loved, we should ooze love from our pores. However, oftentimes we forget that romantic love is risky business. We get so caught up in the idea of love that we forget 1) God should be our first Love and 2) That He gives us romantic love when we are ready for it. When we try to rush love (awaken it before it is ready), we end up with hurt hearts and cynicism about the beauty that is romantic love. Not saying relatioships are bad, but I AM saying that if you are forcing something God doesn't want to happen to happen, it will end badly. Keep that in mind.
2:8-14- The groom is wooing his bride in these verses. He's still head over heels and trying to impress her, remind her of why she loves Him. God does the same for us, only in greater ways. Did you wake up this morning? Have you seen a sunrise, heard a bird sing, or laughed recently? Are these things good? Then they are from God! Every good and perfect thing comes from Him (James 1:17) with the sole purpose of reminding us how He loves us! God is always wooing us, we just have to be open to it. I promise it is the most beautiful experience one could have. It is proof of His relentless, all-encompassing love for us.
2:15- The bride is very, very aware that problems (the 'foxes') will occur in her relationship. Despite being crazy in love, she doesn't let reality get away. We should be the same way in our relationship with God. When things are strong in our relationship, it's harder to be on guard against Satan's attacks, for me at least, becasue I think, "I'm strong enough that Satan won't get me. I got this!" And that's about when I fall. We should always be on guard against stumbling blocks. God has our back, but we have to be able to identify what is happening.
Blessings, Mayzie
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