Divine Love Talk

The character of God is Holiness and His emotion to His human family is love. That makes all of God’s reaction to us "Divine Love" and makes His Holy Book, "Divine Love Talk". No book of the Holy Bible is filled with this "Divine Love Talk" more than "The Song of Solomon." This book has stolen my heart the last few days. It is easy to think of God as a Great Sovereign Being that inhabits eternity far removed from any emotion that humans can understand. The Song of Solomon changes all of that and reveals God as being filled with a desire for an outpouring of His love on us.

If you want to bless the heart of God, have a love fest with Him. Give Him the opportunity of pouring His love out on you. Holy Scripture declares that He "inhabitest the praises of" his people. (Psalm 22:3). The nature of God does not allow Him to impose Himself upon you or to simply show up without an invitation. He will never be an unwelcome guest in your temple. By His Spirit He will draw you, but then you must run after Him. Solomon said by the Spirit, "Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee." (Song of Solomon 1:3-4)

Such language is filled with the desire to pour forth the ointment of His favor but unwilling to impose without a welcome. No promise of God is ever given as an imposition. Apostle James said, "… ye have not, because ye ask not."(James 4:2). In the above passage the Bride cried forth, "Draw me and I will run after thee." The love of God is evident at every turn of our life, but we must draw nigh unto Him with a humble heart and open the door for Him to come in. These words have been my prayer for months, "Draw me Lord and I will run after you."

Jesus spoke specifically to the church of Laodicea and said, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." (Revelations 3:20) The Holy Spirit is the Keeper of God’s Word. He watches over the Word to perform it. Every book of the Bible reveals the office of the third member of the Godhead ever stretching forth the arm of God and Christ to save and redeem. The Song of Solomon is a First Testament example of written artistry in revelation of the Great Christ, the coming anointed One. The language is love, the pouring forth of love, and the seeking heart of God for our response.

In chapter five, that love rises to an incredible level. He cries forth, "I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved." (Song of Solomon 5:1) The next two verses reveal the reluctance of the Bride, His spouse, to open her heart to His love. We read, "My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock." (Song of Solomon 5:4-5) That’s as far as His love will ever go until we respond. He actually left this aroma of His presence on the inside of the door as He wooed the love of His chosen.

The Bible is filled with this kind of "Divine Love Talk," but the question is, will we open our heart to Him? For six thousand years, He has sought His family but only a remnant have opened the door. He said Himself, "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (Matthew 7:4) Soon He will gather the family, His Saints, from the ages, and they will be invited to the wedding in the Banquet Hall prepared for that hour. Until that triumphant moment, we can be His espoused Bride, faithful in love only to Him. You cannot love the world and love Him with all of your heart at the same time. Choose this day whom you will love with an undying love. I choose the altogether Lovely One.