June 13, 2025

So strong should our desire and thirst for Jesus be that it is comparable to our strong desire for our spouse. I would compare it to when you first met them, and you tingled inside, and you couldn’t get enough of them. Our relationship is similar to when we first came to know Jesus; it’s spicy, but once we get comfortable with Him and learn His ways, we settle in for the long haul. Your love doesn’t cool; it grows and encompasses more. Solomon describes his beloved’s body parts in great detail. We can look at it as his lustful desire towards her, or we can break down the parts he mentions and see how vital the unmentionable parts are in the body of Christ. Here, he mentions her feet, thighs, navel, belly, breast, neck, and roof of her mouth. Each of these parts plays a crucial role in the body of Christ and serves a distinct purpose. Her response to his words is:

I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. Song of Solomon 7:10

We should know how strong Jesus’s desire is toward us. We should also have such a strong desire for our Savior that we want to hide away with Him; here, he calls it a vineyard, similar to what Paul calls his prayer closet. If you are not there yet, get to the point where you relish your time away with Jesus so much that you cannot go a day, hour, or minute without conversing with Him. 

Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, andthe pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. Song of Solomon 7:12