Tuesday, March 2, 2010

how do I know what love is?

Let my life be a response to love.
He loved me first. (John 3)
I receive this gift of love.
I am not my own, He bought me with a price.

1 Cor. 6:20 For you were bought at a price ; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are now God's.

Song of Songs 1:2-3
Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His Word. For Your love, oh Lord is better than wine. Because of Your good perfumes... Your name is like purfume poured forth; therefore Your people love You.
...my prayer...I want to know how high, how deep, how wide is the love of Christ. Your love is better than wine...better than even permissable earthly pleasures. This is what I want to experience in my life. Father of Glory (Eph. 1:17-19), grant to me Your spirit. Let Your Son kiss me with kisses of Your Word. Spirit of the Living God, Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of Counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord (Is.11:2)

...I belong to Christ Jesus.

Song of Songs 2:3-4
I sat down in His shade with great delight, and His fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to His banqueting table. His banner over me was love.

...I sat down...I lay my burdens down. At the finished work of the cross of Christ. My plans, my striving to achieve.
...My pain, my grieving. I lay that down too.

Is. 53:4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. v.5 but He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed, v.6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Ps. 23 He led me there. My Good Shepherd. Led me beside still waters.

...So I will rest.
...My soul will rest.

Amen.