Love is the most powerful force on Earth.
8:6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for
love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
8:7
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. Song Of Solomon 8:6-8
Love is as vehement flame. People in the natural will give up everything for the passion of love. Thats what Jesus looks for in the saints. He is looking forward to the time his Church will become his bride!
11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to
one husband, that I may present you as a
chaste virgin to Christ.
2 Cor. 2
Do we look forward to time in prayer? Some have said "Hey I say my prayers at night".
Friends the love Jesus wants with us goes beyond the thing our parents taught us about saying a little prayer before we go to sleep at night.
Consider the magnitude of what Jesus wants us to do.
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.
This calls for us to put him above all else.
10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. Matt. 10:37-39
Others might make demands of us even well meaning. Yet if such things draw us away from the bridegroom we will not be able to experience the depths of his affections.
14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that
loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and
I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21
To the one who will separate his life to doing the will of God Jesus will "love" him. Jesus will "manifest" himself to him.
Such a one will have a real foretaste of what heaven is like. They will be exhilerated by the manifestations of Jesus presence.
Whether it be through answered prayers, prophetic dreams or visions, being led by his Spirit or whatever he works with you those things will create
DEEP IMPRESSIONS on your heart.
When this happens you get this feeling like
HE KNOWS ME!
So why should we hold back our desire for him? Why should we hold onto
ANYTHING that would stand between us and him?