God is a Romantic!

Love and romance was not humankind’s idea, it was God’s. He created men and women and He designed us to fall in love. He did this so we might understand how much He loves us. God did this purposefully. He created us in His image, to be like Him, so that we might understand Who He is and be like Him.

 

He is also the One who inspired / wrote the Song of Songs (a.k.a. Song of Solomon). Notice that the Song of Songs is a superlative, it is the greatest song, and there can be no greater song according to God. Amazingly, the Song of Songs is about the love between God and His people, as well as, the love between a man and a woman. The purpose of romance is to reveal the heart of God and to show us the kind of intimate relationship He desires to have with each one of us. God is a romantic!

 

Before Wanda and I were married, we lived about 45 minutes from each other. I would drive to see her every day after work and stay as long as possible. The time for returning home came all too soon and leaving her was agonizing. As I drove home, I complained to the Lord about how unfair it was to have to leave someone you love. The Lord then spoke something to my heart that seemed out of place. He told me I didn’t understand salvation.  Salvation, I thought! What does that have to do with my complaining about leaving Wanda? I didn’t get it. I was hurting and He should have been comforting me, or so I thought.

 

The Lord then began to impress a series of questions on my heart. “Ben, do you love Wanda?” “Of course I do Lord.” “When you leave her do you miss her?” “Yes Lord!” “Then why do you leave her?” “I have to leave her Lord. I can’t stay with her at night until we’re married. And even if we were married, I couldn’t stay with her all the time because I have to go to work.” “So Ben, what would you do to fix the problem if you were supernatural and nothing was impossible for you?” “That’s easy Lord. I would fix it so that part of me could stay with Wanda at all times. That way, no matter where I had to go, I would still be with her. If I could be in two places at one time my problem would be solved.” “Exactly,” the Lord replied.

 

Again the Lord said to me, “You don’t understand salvation. You’re selfish and you only see salvation and how it affects you. You have never understood salvation from My perspective.”

 

At that point the proverbial light came on in my spirit. My understanding of salvation was self-centered instead of God-centered. I understood my need to be forgiven of my sins, but I had missed the reason why.

 

Salvation is about God’s love. God loves us so much that He never wants to be separated from us.

 

Because God is supernatural and can be in two places at the same time, He put a part of Himself in me, so that He would always be with me. That’s what we call salvation. Now, I understood that salvation was about far more than forgiveness; it was about God’s great love for me. Forgiveness simply clears the way for Christ to live in my heart and to be with me at all times. God forgave me because He loves me and wants to be with me at all times. God also loves you that much and never wants to be separated from you either.

 

Again, God created us to fall in love so that we might understand how much He loves us and how He never, ever wants to be apart from us. I pray that you will understand the revelation of God’s love and His great desire to be with you always!

 

You are the one God loves!

“Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away.” Song of Songs 8:7