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I Found the One My Heart Loves

Date: Aug. 18, 2017

Passage

Song of Songs 2:8-3:5  (ESV)

  The voice of my beloved!
    Behold, he comes,
  leaping over the mountains,
    bounding over the hills.
  My beloved is like a gazelle
    or a young stag.
  Behold, there he stands
    behind our wall,
  gazing through the windows,
    looking through the lattice.
10   My beloved speaks and says to me:
  “Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away,
11   for behold, the winter is past;
    the rain is over and gone.
12   The flowers appear on the earth,
    the time of singing has come,
  and the voice of the turtledove
    is heard in our land.
13   The fig tree ripens its figs,
    and the vines are in blossom;
    they give forth fragrance.
  Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away.
14   O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
    in the crannies of the cliff,
  let me see your face,
    let me hear your voice,
  for your voice is sweet,
    and your face is lovely.
15   Catch the foxes for us,
    the little foxes
  that spoil the vineyards,
    for our vineyards are in blossom.”
16   My beloved is mine, and I am his;
    he grazes among the lilies.
17   Until the day breathes
    and the shadows flee,
  turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle
    or a young stag on cleft mountains.

  On my bed by night
  I sought him whom my soul loves;
    I sought him, but found him not.
  I will rise now and go about the city,
    in the streets and in the squares;
  I will seek him whom my soul loves.
    I sought him, but found him not.
  The watchmen found me
    as they went about in the city.
  “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
  Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found him whom my soul loves.
  I held him, and would not let him go
    until I had brought him into my mother’s house,
    and into the chamber of her who conceived me.
  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.

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Key Verse: of Songs 3:4a

  Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found him whom my soul loves.
  I held him, and would not let him go
    until I had brought him into my mother’s house,
    and into the chamber of her who conceived me.

1. Let me hear your voice (2:8-15)

Spring is a time of new life. The winter is past and everything blossoms. In the same way, the love of our Lord kindles life in his people. Trusting in the love of Jesus and believing in him is crossing over from death to life (Jn 5:24). At the same time, new life can be threatened. Just as a blooming vineyard can become ruined by little foxes, the life planted in us is also vulnerable. That is the time to turn to Jesus and call on him, for he loves us. He gives us the strength to catch the little foxes of sinful desires and protect our love relationship with him.

2. I will search for the one my heart loves (2:16-3:5)

When the bond of love is strong, there is no rest when lovers are apart. Love is a matter of heart. To love God is to seek him with all of our heart and to hold him with all of our strength (Dt 6:5).

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, you are the one my heart loves. Help me to turn to you, call to you and hold on to you.

One Word: The one my heart loves

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