Daily Manna: Despising God’s Love Tuesday 27, August 2013 TEXT: SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1-8 KEY VERSE: “I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer” (Song of Solomon 5:6). God created everyone to love and be loved. The most beautiful expression of love can be found in the context of marriage. The writer of the Song of Solomon is believed to be a man who had tasted both the good and the sour side of conjugal love. Though written in very strong poetic language that evokes passion, the spiritual import of the message must not be lost on us. Bible Scholars agree that the narratives in the book depict the relationship between Christ and the Church and we see how this love plays out in our passage today. Christ is pictured as a true Lover, the passionate and caring Bridegroom who readily demonstrates His love for His bride, the Church (believers). It was that love that made Him to leave His throne in heaven for earth to seek and to save that which was lost. His earthly ministry was fully devoted to the expression of that love by the seaside, on the streets, in the wilderness, on the high seas, in the temple, in the palace, on the road to Golgotha, on the ‘hills far away where stood the old rugged cross’, in the tomb, at the resurrection, while ascending to heaven and even as He is now in heaven. From heaven to earth and from earth to heaven, Christ has continued to love His own with everlasting love. Sadly, this manifestation of Christ’s love hardly makes a scratch on people’s conscience. They reject the salvation He procured through His death. People who refuse to get saved despite various entreaties from Christ and believers who receive the grace of God in vain will have themselves to blame for the eventual catastrophe. THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Christ is still waiting for a loving embrace with the penitent.
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