The Song of Songs is the greatest love story ever told.\u00a0 The vast majority of people who read this\nbook do not understand its meaning.\u00a0 They\nconsider it a merely human relationship between Solomon and one of his many\nwives, but it is not that at all.\u00a0 It is\na book of a divine romance.\u00a0 It\u2019s the story\nof Christ and his lover\u2014and that lover (if you wish to be) is you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this article I will not expound the entire book, but only\none verse of chapter one.\u00a0 I will be\nreferencing The Passion Translation.\u00a0 The\npoint I want to make in this short time we have together is the difference between\nour estimation of ourselves and Jesus\u2019 estimation of us.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our estimation of ourselves is that we are unworthy and so in\nneed.\u00a0 In the story, the Shulamite says: \u201cI\nknow I am unworthy\u2014so in need.\u201d (1:5) However, the Kings view of her is, \u201cYet\nyou are so lovely.\u201d\u00a0 Isn\u2019t this our\ncase?\u00a0 We often feel unworthy to receive from\nGod and all the good things He promised.\u00a0\nWe think that others can, but not us because we are so short of His\nglory and very much in need of more holiness.\u00a0\nBut when Jesus looks at you he says, \u201cYou are lovely.\u201d\u00a0 My friend.\u00a0\nWe have to stop looking at ourselves through our own eyes and see\nourselves through the eyes of our Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Shulamite answers the Kings response with, \u201cI feel dark\nand dry as the desert tents of the wandering nomads.\u201d\u00a0 She is expressing how she FEELS.\u00a0 However, what is the Kings response?\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYet you are SO lovely\u2014like the fine tapestry hanging in the\nholy place.\u201d\u00a0 Not only are YOU lovely,\nyou are SO lovely.\u00a0 You may FEEL dark and\ndry, but to the Lord you are fine, and you are holy, for nothing unholy can\nhang in the holy place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My point is that when we stop looking at ourselves through\nour natural eyes and see ourselves through the Word of God, we become\nencouraged and confident.\u00a0 As one reads\nthrough the Song of Songs, that is exactly what happens.\u00a0 All this is backed up in Ephesians, which\nsays, \u201cFor He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, to be holy\nand blameless in HIS sight.\u201d\u00a0 It is how\nGod sees us in Christ that matters.\u00a0 If\nyou are born-again you are not standing bare before God, you are clothed in His\nrighteousness who is Jesus Christ.\u00a0 He\nsees you as altogether lovely.\u00a0 Therefore,\nstop looking down on yourself.\u00a0 Get into\nthe Word of God and begin to see yourself as God sees you.\u00a0 Be encouraged!\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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