Song of Songs

Alright. For this blog, I will be writing down some of my QTs and just other thoughts in life. It is not a series of lectures or sermons, but just me sharing what God has been doing and what I have been learning. If no one reads these, i don't really care. I'll just have it be my QT journal. So, here's my first entry. Hope it helps you in some way.

Song of Songs can be interpreted in two ways. One is the relationship between a man and a woman, which is more literal, or between Christ and His church. As I read today, God showed me more of the latter. Specifically, He gave me emphasized three themes in the book. The first 2 are more of grace, the third more of rebuke. If any of you will actually read this, please bear with me. Its a little jumpy.


1. So, throughout the whole book, King Solomon is complimenting and wooing his bride. Although the bride has many flaws, Solomon is so madly in love with her that he disregards it completely and only looks her beauty. This can be proven when the bride says,"I am black but lovely...Do not stare at me because i am swarthy, for the sun has burned me.""(1:5-6) In the culture of that time, being dark skinned meant that someone was poor, and was considered unattractive. In addition to that, her hands and feet must have been full of scars and bruises from not only taking care of her own vineyard, but having to even be the "caretaker of [her brothers'] vineyards."(1:6) She was far from perfect, but her lover was still madly in love with her. This is exactly how it is between Christ and His church. Though we are so tainted with ugliness, immorality, perversion, and sin; Christ is still so madly in love with us. Through His blood, we are considered perfect in His eyes.


2. Some of you feel these days that God is so far from you. You frantically search for Him and desperately pray for His presence, but there is no answer. You feel abandoned. Well, here's a word to encourage you to persevere. Song of Songs 3:1-4:

¹On my bed^A)"> by night I sought him whom my soul loves;
^C)"> I sought him, but found him not.
²I 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.
³^F)"> The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city.
"Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
⁴Scarcely had I passed them
when I found him whom my soul loves.
I held him, and would not let him go...

As we go throughout Christian life, God puts us in different seasons. At times, He even makes it seem like He's so far from us, that we feel totally abandoned. We search and search, but we can't find Him. Sometimes, it even weeks, months, or may be even years. However, it does not mean we should give up. God sometimes does this to stir in us such a love-sickness and longing for Him, that we will never let Him go. As soon as the bride found Solomon, she said,"I held him, and would not let go..." This was because she had developed such desperation for him, while he was gone. Likewise, this is what God sometimes does to us. So for those of you guys who are going through this period, I encourage you to persevere. You'll see why when He reveals Himself to you.

3. Before I start, lets read Song of Songs 8:6-7:

⁶Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as^H)"> a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death,
jealousy is fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very flame of the LORD.
⁷Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.

Does this sound familiar to any of you? If you guessed "You Wont Relent" by Misty Edwards, You are correct. This is exactly where she got those lyrics. This is exactly what God wants from His bride. He wants us to set Him(And only Him) as a seal upon our hearts. His love is so strong and passionate, and His jealousy for us burns like fire. His love is as strong as death, and His jealousy is as demanding as the grave. And this is not just poetry. He really means it literally. He really won't relent until He has it all. He is so passionate for us, but all we give Him is our leftovers. While He reaches out for us, we waste our lives playing stupid little video games, spending hours on facebook and watching television, and engaging ourselves in all kinds of immorality. He send His son to die on the cross, and we return the favor by spitting on His face. How low as have we Christians gone? Let us all meditate on this, and turn towards God, throwing away our idols and putting Him as a seal upon our hearts.

Until next time
Your Brother in Christ,
Kevin Kang