Song of Solomon 5:9 “What is your beloved more than another beloved, O most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you thus adjure us?”

HOW GREAT IS YOUR BELOVED?

This verse is part of the discourse between the woman in the Song of Solomon and her handmaidens. She is asking them to go look for her bridegroom, her beloved. They ask a simple question. “Why is he so great?”

May I ask you a question? What would you tell someone if they asked that about your Lord? “Why is he so great?” I could tell you story after story of how I have seen Him work in my life. I could tell you how I have seen Him change lives. I could tell you the love I feel each time I bow before Him in prayer. But what would you say? Have you thought about that?

TEACHING MOMENT

Our children need to hear the stories of the works of God in our lives and in the lives of others. They need to be told about the wonderful works of grace we have experienced. Write these events down so you won’t forget. Give your children that legacy of faith that you have witnessed first hand. Show them how your Beloved has come to visit you in your darkest moments.

Then help them develop their own life story with Christ. When something happens in their life that only God could have done, record it for them. When they are grown they will appreciate it.

I will never forget one of our experiences with our son. He was still going through his immunizations and needed the Measles, Mumps and Rubella shot. The only problem was it was made from egg, and he was allergic. After a week of fasting and praying together my wife and I took him for the shots. Through a series of increased dosages with no reaction, they gave him the shot. No reaction. A few weeks later we decided to see if God had just healed him of that allergy, so we gave him a little egg (we had the Benadryl on standby). He reacted immediately.

Now you may blow that off as just coincidence. But we know that God protected him that day of the shot so he could receive it. Our Beloved cares for the smallest things in our lives. He is greater than all the rest. In fact, there is no other. He is the Only True God! Amen?