Song of Songs 1:4 says,
“Take me away with you – let us hurry! The king has brought me
into his chambers” (NIV). Intimacy. With the King of Kings.
What's your first
response to that thought? Is it “Wow, that's amazingly awesome”?
Or is it, “Whoa, slow down, that makes me uncomfortable, this is
getting way too personal”?
Like we talked about
Monday, Song of Songs starts out in verse 2 talking about “the
kisses of His mouth” being “more delightful than wine.” What
comes from Jesus' mouth? His word – the Bible. It is “more
delightful than wine” – than the pleasures of this world –
because His word is supposed to usher us into this close, intimate,
bed-chamber relationship with Jesus.
There must come a point
in every Christian's journey where we stop coming to Him primarily
because we need stuff, and instead come to Him for just Him. We've
seen and are drawn to His beauty, and we're longing for more intimacy
with Him.
But you can't get there
by trying harder – that's just religion and He's really not into
it. You get there by crying out to Him day and night with everything
that you are for an intimate revelation of Him. For Him to reveal
Himself to you in a deeper and more personal way. For as long as it
takes until He does. And He always will if we don't give up. Like
Jeremiah 29:13 says, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me
with your whole heart.”
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