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A Pleasing Sacrifice to Your King
Reading the Song of Songs will take you on a journey into the heart of the Lord. In order to live this Song, your heart needs to cry out for Him like the woman in the story. The entire Song hinges on her yearning for more of Him. The Bridegroom blesses His betrothed with an intimate encounter in His chambers because she cries for more of Him. May the Lord conform your heart to this cry in His Word!
Song of Songs 1:2-4
A study on the characteristics of the bride’s cry through which to pray and meditate.
2. Dependence: Her cry is one of dependence. She is aware that the only way to His presence is through Him drawing and bringing her. She cannot gain His presence on her own. Neither she, nor you, can muster up enough strength to love God. Growing in a love relationship with God is absolutely nothing you can do; it is only a work of God. So again, your role is to cry out for Him and have faith He will give Himself to you as He promises (Matt 11:25-30)!
Pray: Abba, I cannot get myself to You (John 6:65). I cannot love You in any way without You birthing this love in me. Please come and take me to Yourself; I am willing and I trust You. Amen.
3. Consecration: She gives her entire being to Him when she cries out, “take me with You!” We see a tangible example when Mary chooses to sit at Jesus’ feet (Luke 10:38-41). In your own spirit, lay yourself down before your Lord and He will reveal Himself to you as your intimate and good King. Increase your time sitting quietly with Him and journal what the Spirit highlights in the Word and/or presses on your heart as you listen. Journaling is important so you can return to what you heard and test it with who God is, what He says in His Word, and so you can pray over it (and rejoice when it comes to pass).
Here are a couple truths I call to mind and pray over myself as I give myself to the Lord. He is jealous for me (James 4:4). When I receive this jealousy as a gift and not a burden, I joyfully give myself to Him as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1-2). It is only in doing this that you’ll know His Kingship is your good (Psalm 16:1-2).
“But we never can prove
The delights of His love,
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.” (From the song Trust and Obey)
Pray: Jesus, I long to know You as King. Please come rule my heart. I exist to bring You glory as someone You bought with the high price of Your blood (Isaiah 43:7; 1 Cor 6:19-20). Help me know this in greater measure. I cry out: I am your own possession (Ex 34:9; I Peter 2:9)! It is on the basis of Your goodness, faithful love and forgiveness in Christ, as attested in Scripture, that I entrust myself to You (Ex 34:6; 1 Pet 2:5). Amen.
A final word: The bride is by no means perfect in any of these areas; she grows in all of these throughout the entire Song. As He pursues her and pours out His love, her heart becomes more and more pure in the way she worships Him. He is gentle and kind to answer her even when her motives and ways are not entirely pure. This Song shows God’s generosity in giving Himself to us even when the “all” of our heart we give Him is so small. He increases this “all” for the rest of our lives as we tell Him, ‘God I give you everything!’ Later He will continue to show us even more we must give Him. Even then, when we cry out “You have my all,” there will be, as always, more to give.
Thank you Jesus for your kindness in pouring Yourself out to us as You are perfecting our hearts to worship in Spirit and truth! You indeed are the One True Shepherd and Overseer of my soul who healed me once and for all time by Your wounds (1 Peter 2:24-25). Amen.
Reading the Song of Songs will take you on a journey into the heart of the Lord. In order to live this Song, your heart needs to cry out for Him like the woman in the story. The entire Song hinges on her yearning for more of Him. The Bridegroom blesses His betrothed with an intimate encounter in His chambers because she cries for more of Him. May the Lord conform your heart to this cry in His Word!
Song of Songs 1:2-4
A study on the characteristics of the bride’s cry through which to pray and meditate.
- Thirsting: She is thirsting desperately for more of Him. This is a work of the Spirit within her. We know this because 1) she knows God’s love, for which she asks for more, only because the Spirit has revealed His love to her in the first place (I John 4:19) and 2) our flesh cannot desire God (Galatians 5:17). Thirsting is a work of faith because it is faith which knows God exists and rewards those who seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). Only faith knows He is better than anything this world could offer.
2. Dependence: Her cry is one of dependence. She is aware that the only way to His presence is through Him drawing and bringing her. She cannot gain His presence on her own. Neither she, nor you, can muster up enough strength to love God. Growing in a love relationship with God is absolutely nothing you can do; it is only a work of God. So again, your role is to cry out for Him and have faith He will give Himself to you as He promises (Matt 11:25-30)!
Pray: Abba, I cannot get myself to You (John 6:65). I cannot love You in any way without You birthing this love in me. Please come and take me to Yourself; I am willing and I trust You. Amen.
3. Consecration: She gives her entire being to Him when she cries out, “take me with You!” We see a tangible example when Mary chooses to sit at Jesus’ feet (Luke 10:38-41). In your own spirit, lay yourself down before your Lord and He will reveal Himself to you as your intimate and good King. Increase your time sitting quietly with Him and journal what the Spirit highlights in the Word and/or presses on your heart as you listen. Journaling is important so you can return to what you heard and test it with who God is, what He says in His Word, and so you can pray over it (and rejoice when it comes to pass).
Here are a couple truths I call to mind and pray over myself as I give myself to the Lord. He is jealous for me (James 4:4). When I receive this jealousy as a gift and not a burden, I joyfully give myself to Him as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1-2). It is only in doing this that you’ll know His Kingship is your good (Psalm 16:1-2).
“But we never can prove
The delights of His love,
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.” (From the song Trust and Obey)
Pray: Jesus, I long to know You as King. Please come rule my heart. I exist to bring You glory as someone You bought with the high price of Your blood (Isaiah 43:7; 1 Cor 6:19-20). Help me know this in greater measure. I cry out: I am your own possession (Ex 34:9; I Peter 2:9)! It is on the basis of Your goodness, faithful love and forgiveness in Christ, as attested in Scripture, that I entrust myself to You (Ex 34:6; 1 Pet 2:5). Amen.
A final word: The bride is by no means perfect in any of these areas; she grows in all of these throughout the entire Song. As He pursues her and pours out His love, her heart becomes more and more pure in the way she worships Him. He is gentle and kind to answer her even when her motives and ways are not entirely pure. This Song shows God’s generosity in giving Himself to us even when the “all” of our heart we give Him is so small. He increases this “all” for the rest of our lives as we tell Him, ‘God I give you everything!’ Later He will continue to show us even more we must give Him. Even then, when we cry out “You have my all,” there will be, as always, more to give.
Thank you Jesus for your kindness in pouring Yourself out to us as You are perfecting our hearts to worship in Spirit and truth! You indeed are the One True Shepherd and Overseer of my soul who healed me once and for all time by Your wounds (1 Peter 2:24-25). Amen.