True love has a name. His name is Jesus!

6/11/2020

How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skillful workman. Song of Solomon 7:1 NKJV

It was the first day of summer school. I found a place to sit. A girl with long hair walked in. She was beautiful. Our eyes met. I watched her walk across the room. She walked to the seat next to mine and asked, “Is this seat taken?”

My wife fell in love the day we met. I did not know how to love. I did not understand how such a beautiful girl could care so deeply for me? I did not know how to express my feelings for her. I did not understand the value of relationship.

Five years later our relationship ended. She moved away. Twelve years later we met again. We were married. The Lord intervened. Jesus had His way. The Lord transformed my heart degree by degree. Jesus taught me how to love my wife.

The Song of Solomon illustrates God’s passionate love for His people. I am surprised by some of the language. It’s surprising that God calls an adulterous murderer a man after His own heart. It is surprising that He placed a harlot in the lineage of Jesus.

Love is the greatest of God’s gifts. The Lord existed in a perfect loving relationship before He created the Heavens and The Earth. God created us to be a part of the loving relationship He exists in today.

God created us to be loved by Him. The Lord created us to love Him with all our hearts, souls, and strength. Jesus created us with the capacity to love another person so deeply it can become an example of God’s love for us.

We cannot replicate God’s love for people. We can be reflection of His love to them!

Everyone wants to be loved. God created us with that desire. Love has become a
casualty of life in a fallen world. Most people do not understand what true love is. True love has a name. His name is Jesus!

Jesus wants to teach us how to love Him.

Jesus does not want us to live meaningless mundane lives. He wants us to know the joy that comes from living in the light of His love. Jesus wants us to experience the love that surpasses all understanding. Jesus wants to reveal more of His love to us each day!

Jesus wants us to love all His people as much as He does. Jesus wants us to demonstrate our love for Him by loving each other regardless of our differences and disagreements.

I am my beloved’s, and his desire is towards me. Vs 10

The Shulamite had complete confidence in her beloved’s love for her. Are you confident in God’s love for you? Jesus loves you more than any man or woman ever will!
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Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV

The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ!

This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.

The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.

The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him!

Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved.

God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!

Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.

We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus!

Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.

God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!

Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

True love has a name. His name is Jesus!

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