Bible study starter: week four

 

Week 4 Verse Song of Solomon 8:7

Third World’s, “Try Jah Love” is based on this verse as well as many others such as John 7:37, Isiah 55:1 and Matthew 4:4. Love from God is water for the heart and mind and the Word from God is food for the body and soul. There is no way for mankind to survive without it. Songs of Solomon 8:7 is literally part of a love song from God to you. And it is beautiful. In order to appreciate its meaning, we must look at the verse before it.

Song of Solomon 8:6-7King James Version (KJV)

⁶ Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. ⁷ Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

This is just a small, but honey-sweet taste of God’s love for us. God is Love and He is speaking directly to our hearts, telling us to spiritually and mentally sign His name across our heart, He wants us to be in an intimate, personal relationship with Him. This also guards us from the enemy and protects us from the harm of sin. The meaning of life is choice. God’s desire for us is to choose Him as He has chosen us. He made the ultimate sacrifice for through Jesus and the Holy Spirit reminds us this is a deep-rooted unbreakable bond. He is with us, always.

It is like a marriage vow between Jesus and His Church. The seal upon the arm is an outward symbol or message to all who sees; you are engaged in a love affair with God. Like a tattoo of your wife or husband’s name on your shoulder or a tribal tattoo around the arm or like a soldier’s arm band…these are just some real world examples of the spiritual “seal upon your arm” of your outward expression of your loving relationship with God. He is saying, wear our love like that arm band or that tattoo and let all the world see it and learn of it and just maybe, they can find that love for themselves with Him from your testimony of His Good News.

Song of Solomon 8:7 has a two really strong messages that jump right out. ‘Many waters’  means physical liquids like drinking water, bath water, swimming water, etc. None of these waters can quench the thirst for love we desire from God. You can flood the whole earth with all the oceans and seas and it would still not be enough to satisfy our need for the love of God. Jesus reiterates this in Matthew 22: 37 “…you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. And verse 39 says, “…love your neighbor as yourself.” Love. Above all other Commandments, is the key. You could give all up you have in your house and even the house itself in exchange for love and it still will not be enough. It will only leave you naked and homeless. It is a such a warm and reassuring blessing to know that no matter what we go through, no matter what state the world around us is in, God’s love for us is always there and through His Love for us, we are able to overcome all things. Put God first in all you do and watch how amazing things can happen in your life. After all, we love because He first loved us. (John 4:19)   

DeMaster 9/26/16