Give Me Just A Little More Time And Our Love Will Surely Grow
Song of Solomon 4:7-9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
7[He exclaimed] O my love, how beautiful you are! There is no flaw in you! 8Come away with me from Lebanon, my [promised] bride, come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the top of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 9You have ravished my heart and given me courage, my sister, my [promised] bride; you have ravished my heart and given me courage with one look from your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.
The longer you have been married or are a couple, or even friends the expectation is for love to grow, not to grow stale or to be stagnant. In most cases people that have been together for years they do not understand how love has not grown or deepened or even how it has lessened or decreased. As my husband and I walked for exercised this morning, I noticed something, I noticed that in our time together we converse and grow together in love and understanding of one another. But it is not just the time, but it is how that time is being spent that makes the difference in the deepening of love or growth; this growth comes because we take ourselves out of what we consider a normal posture and we spend time listening in an exchange of ideas, feelings and the things that are on our heart. It is in the coming away to learn that causes growth and connection.
This lead me to think of God and our relationship as it relates to growing in love with Him, growing closer to Him and being more obedient and connected to Him. How much time do we spend with God? Do we each morning recite affirmations, or do we have a patterned prayer that we pray, with no allowance for an exchange or interaction? Do we thank Him, as our eyes are barely open as we drift off to sleep? Or do we make time for Him, do we spend time ministering to Him, coming away with Him, changing our position and posture and allowing Him to minister to us? Some of us have love for God or a form of love for God. We are good, as we are going along living “our life,” but our attitude is worse than it has ever been, we are no more exhibiting the attributes of God than that evil boss or the nosey neighbor that we talk so much about. We are tearing down people and gossiping, quickly entering into judgment and the conviction of others, but we confess love for God; how deep could that love really be if He is love and truth. Our behaviors, attitudes and lifestyle and living; especially the things we say and the attitudes we possess are a reflection of the time we have spent with God, and how much love we have for Him.
You see when we love God, with all our heart, mind, soul and body, we don’t lean to our own understanding we lean to His word, His works and our faith that we have hope that even when it does not look as if it should to us, we believe God is still in control, and we believe the best and not the worse. We want to say we love God, but time we will not give Him, so that He can exchange our weakness for His strength and He can give us His heart and His love for others, and His mind. When we give God time He can fill us when we are empty, He can heal the diseased areas of our lives and correct what is not right. When we fall in love with Him, we will run to Him and we will come away with Him, in order for Him to give us direction, give us insight and reveal to us His purpose and plan and the mysteries that remain unrevealed to those that refuse to give Him what He needs to cultivate our love relationship, and for us to deepen our connection and understanding of who He is. Giving God more time will cause not just the love we have for Him to grow, our capacity for love will grow; it will also inspire growth in our life and in the connections that we have that He has given us to steward. Come away with Him today, Give Him just a little more time for your love and life will surely GROW!
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