I'm up to September in my "One Year Bible" and yesterday started reading Song of Solomon. This has been one of my favorite books since I went through Mike Bickle's study...I can't recommend it highly enough.
What a joy to go through such a beautifully intimate, fulfilling book and see how it's a story about a Lover and Beloved, yes, but also the story of Christ and his people - both individually and corporately as the church.
How's that for a reminder of our worth?!
Anyways, as I nestled into the pillows on our futon and cupped my mug of chai, this is what I read,
"This is Solomon's song of songs, more wonderful than any other." SoS 1:1.
I stopped and pondered...how amazing is it that the most wonderful of songs is not a battle cry, a boasting of power or wealth, or even a song of victory...but a love song?!
And then this verse popped into my mind...
The LORD your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;
in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
but will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17
And I thought of Christ.
Jesus is the Lord of Lords, the King of Kings...and He is the ultimate Song of Songs that God sings over us! I love the picture of our Creator God, our Holy, Just, Warrior God singing over each of His beloved children
"Jesus, Jesus, Jesus"
Every ounce of passion and love contained in Solomon's song is but a glimmer of the love and passion in God's most wonderful of songs
"Jesus, Jesus, Jesus"
And He sings it over you.
