The Song of Songs starts
out with “Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth – for your
love is more delightful than wine” (Song of Songs 1:2, NIV). Song
of Songs is an allegory of our relationship with Jesus. Not just
Jesus and The Church, but Jesus and an individual. Me. You. It's
really personal.
The book is written as a
play, by Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived. The script goes
back and forth in a dialog between male and female parts, identified
in the Hebrew mostly by the gender of the pronouns used. The NIV
translation labels the male parts as Lover and the female as
Beloved; most Bibles do something similar.
Isn't it interesting that
an allegory about our individual relationship with Jesus starts out
talking about the kisses of His mouth? That represents the Word.
The Bible. His word that came out of His mouth. His love letter to
us.
Relationship with Him
starts with believing His word. It starts with accepting His word as
a kiss from His mouth as “more delightful than wine” – better
than the pleasures of this world.
If you think the Bible is
boring, you've probably never really read it. There's drama,
political intrigue, history, songs, poetry, crazy visions that can
only be categorized in the science-fiction/fantasy genre, practical
books with just straight wisdom for living life – everything's in
there. Ask God to reveal it to you, to help you understand it.
That's a prayer He will always answer “yes.”
Let's not take it for
granted. Let's read it with fresh eyes, as the love-kiss from Heaven
that it is.
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