Love
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Song of Solomon 1:4 (NASB)
Draw me after you and let us run together! The king has brought me into his chambers. |
Bible Commentary:
The entire book of Song of Solomon is God’s love story about you (His bride), and Himself, and it is also a model courtship between two people here on earth. Song of Solomon 1:4 is a Bible verse rich with meaning and full of the excitement of 2 people in love.
Some
Hebrew meanings of the word “draw” are: draw out, to sow, to sound, to
develop,
to prolong.
God
sent His Son to rescue mankind from sin and the curse of the world.
Jesus Christ
draws all men to Himself (John 12:32). The
cross depicts Jesus with His arms wide open to the world in a gesture
of love,
acceptance and forgiveness—even in
His death.
Interestingly,
it is most often one or all of
these qualities that attract us to another person, as Song of Solomon
1:4 says. Someone has shown or
expressed love, acceptance and/or forgiveness
toward us.
Most
likely, you have attracted someone by expressing
these qualities to them. You have drawn them to you. This mutual
acceptance can
create a very intimate and special bond.
However,
after a period of time the stresses and
struggles of life set in, and you may find that your feelings of love
have
evaporated.
Unlocking
the Truth – Forgiveness in Marriage
During the course of living life, we as flawed humans hurt one another at times, and over time that can cause the love and acceptance—the very things that attracted us to one another—to wane.
When
we get hurt by someone we love, we unknowingly
build walls of protection over our hearts, to lessen the pain. Over
time and
without effective marriage
counsel with God, those walls get bigger and
thicker.
Maybe
it's time for you to begin chiseling away at the
walls around your heart, so that you can heal and so your marriage can
be restored
back to the exciting love you once enjoyed.
As
long as the infection is present, the flesh
cannot be completely healed. In fact, if left uncleansed the infection
can
spread to other parts of the body. It’s
the same way with our heart. Most likely
there is some infection deep inside that needs to be identified and
promptly
washed out.
Many
times, when problems arise in our lives, it
is God’s way of bringing something to
the surface that has been
hidden deep
in our hearts, so we can recognize what needs to be dealt with and
cleared out. God is our Counselor and Healer. In His light, we
see light—the
truth
(Psalm
36:9).
Sometimes
it takes conflict, or pressure points
as I like to call them, to bring something to our attention.
So
when
something surfaces,
we mustn't bury it again. We need to take it to God and seek
the truth.
Song
of Solomon 1:4 says "Draw me after
you." The cross is a beautiful picture of His love for us.
God heals us from the inside out.
He
is our Counselor, our Heavenly Father. He
knows what is buried in our hearts, and He is very patient with us,
very gentle
and ever so faithful
as we trust Him to reveal it.
We can enjoy a
vibrant, healthy
marriage again as we learn to tell God everything that concerns us
and
practice the art of forgiveness. We can’t feel
love if there is
bitterness in our hearts toward each other. We must forgive our spouse
and ourselves.
The blood of Christ was enough to cover and cleanse each one of us. We all desperately need it. His grace is sufficient for you and for me. Study the Bible verse of Song of Solomon 1:4, and receive God’s counsel, so your marriage can enjoy rich, exciting love again.
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