He has brought me to His banqueting place, and His banner over me is love.
Song of Songs 2:4
In the Amplified Bible it speaks of that banner waving overhead to protect and comfort me. It goes on to say, “Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, because I am sick with love.” Verse 5.
This speaks of a very intimate love relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is a love that is in response to “His Love” always. God loved us first and it is a perfect love that will sustain us in the midst of anything that we walk through. That banner that waves overhead and protects and comforts us is because of the fact that God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
His love is our deepest taproot that will hold us and bring us through every trial, every hardship. We have eternal life and that life is now. It is a life of love with our God and He is with us always. We can lean back and rest in His love in the midst of whatever is going on. We all have things that have shaken our world lately. What has it been for you? Maybe there have been many things that have caused you to need comfort. I want you to think about what you do when you need comfort.
In December of 2019, I began to seek God for what my word or phrase would be for 2020. He made it known to me pretty quickly when I was journaling one day. God speaks to me when I journal to Him and ask Him questions that I bring. I learned to do this many years ago, and I call it listening prayer. There are always things that we want to ask God, to know His perspective. Sometimes just a quick question and we want a yes or no answer. It’s when we sometimes even are contemplating something and we don’t want to go the wrong way. God loves when we do that! He wants us to come to Him and ask Him. It shows our heart to follow and obey Him. So, I learned to journal and I converse with God doing this. I then wait and I know He will answer me. Suddenly, words begin to come to me and I am just the scribe writing down what He is bringing. I learned that when I stop writing, the words stop coming. I have to write it down for Him to keep speaking through my pen. I know He loves it when I write it down, and I have it! I can go back to it and I won’t have to try to remember what the King of the Universe is saying to me. Little old me. It’s so important that I know and remember what He says.
So God brought me the phrase “His Love”. I knew He was going to show me “His Love” in 2020. I was so excited and what a ride it has been. I have felt so loved, I have grown in His Love, I have healed in His Love, I have learned in His Love. I have flourished in His Love. I have seen His glory in His Love. I have felt secure in His Love. I made a coffee cup with these words on it, and it has been my favorite as I have coffee with the Spirit early in the morning. I am overwhelmed with His Love, and how He has displayed it to me this year already. And it is only June! I am sick with His love and even though there have been hard things and pain at times, His love has sustained me and brought me joy, peace, and comfort.
I realized in about March, that I had not been allowing Him to comfort me with some really hard things from childhood. That was a long time ago. It was a really big realization for me, and it broke my heart that I had been pushing away His comfort for so long. I would say though, that because of how God had been revealing His Love to me for the previous three months, that I was so ready and could connect with His comfort in this situation. It was time for a healing, and His glory; the expression of His excellence. That happens when we love Him in return and choose to believe Him for what we need. I didn’t really know what I needed in this situation, and all God wanted was for me to trust His Love and let Him lead me. The outcome of it is always that we see, and others see the expression of His excellence. The result of us trusting His love. This is a fresh work that God has done in me. It is my testimony and there is glory!
- What do you need to trust God’s love for?
- Try Listening Prayer… ask Him the question on your heart.
- Know His Love. If you don’t, I am asking you to consider giving your life to Jesus, and lean back on His perfect love and rest like you never have before.
