Today’s reading is Song of Solomon 3-8.
We live in a love-crazed world. From the first princess movie to the latest chick flick, we are told our greatest goal is to find true love, and perhaps worse, true love’s kiss. But the singers of our song give a little different twist: “I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases (Song of Solomon 2:7; 3:5; cf. 8:4). Think of this in two ways. First, we idolize “love at first sight,” but perhaps we should be careful about awakening love too quickly. Second, we start asking elementary age kids about having boyfriends and girlfriends, but perhaps we should let someone get old enough to figure out their commitment to God before we start asking them to commit to another person. The God Filled know that the greatest goal in life is to find true love in God, not another person. Once we’ve worked on that, we can let God who truly loves us help us find romantic love; and when He does, it will be like a song. Until He does, it will simply be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Go against the grain; don’t stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
Monday’s reading is Isaiah 1-5.
Pursue Righteousness 