Today’s Scripture: Song of Songs
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. – 1 John 4:16
There were some great love songs in the forties: vocalists with the Glenn Miller band sang about that gal from Kalamazoo; the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra extolled the virtues of Marie; the Andrews Sisters exhorted the soldier to not sit under the apple tree with anyone else but the girl he left behind. During the war years, one song promised that one day there would again be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover. When the war finally ended, Perry Como sang that we would be together till the end of time.
When my wife and I became Christians and headed off to Northwestern College to study the Bible, I saw an amazing thing. Hundreds of young men and women assembled every morning during chapel hour and sang love songs to God! This opened up a whole new musical world to me. I learned songs like “My Jesus, I Love Thee” and “Jesus, Lover of My Soul.”
We find another love song in the Song of Songs. As the bride extols the virtues of the bridegroom and pledges her undying love for him, we see an application to the church as a whole and to each Christian.
Remember the question Jesus asked Peter: “Do you love me?” Together Jesus and the Twelve had fed the five thousand, healed the sick, raised the dead, even walked on water together. Yet Jesus asked, “Do you love me?” And the Lord is still asking the same question of you and me today. We may have served the Lord, but Solomon’s Song reminds us of the heart of the matter. Do we love Him? Christian, if you do, tell Him today. You might even want to sing a love song to your Lord.
Prayer
Lord, I love You and I give you first place in my heart. Amen.
To Ponder
How do I express my love to God?
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