THE LOVE OF GOD
THE LOVE OF GOD ,
I have a word and I shall simply type not knowing what that word shall be, because it is'nt about me but about Him and He shall give me the words
Wow how beautiful are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims the salvation of the Lord,for He has delivered us from our enemies and He has restored us to the place where we can walk with the oil of gladness above our fellow men
For the oil of Joy is there, like a river and the anointing of the Lord is upon those who seek Him, as Isaiah 61 proclaims
O the love of the Lord God as He prepares the chambers for His beloved
As the wedding feast is made ready and the Bridegroom waits in eager expectation to see His beloved
As He will come by night in proccession with the torches lit and as the bride not knowing the time of His arrival waits and makes herself ready for her husband
O as the bridegroom shouts out with a loud shout and beckons His Bride down ...is She ready ?
She prepares herself with oils and perfumes and fragrances and beautifies herself ready for her love
Her heart is full of praise and admiration , of joy and of wonder, Her
heart wants to praise Her husband
Her heart wants to worship Her husband above all else ...
For there is no other in her life ?
There is no other love in Her life and Her husband is the Only one ?
She has never fornicated Herself or had relations with any other, she has never had another love for she has prepared herself and waited for only one
The love of Her life and she Has been prepared by the Father of the Bridegroom
For He wants the best for His Son , the best of the best and the best of the best are those whose hearts are pure, who seek after righteouness and hate wickedness
Who Seek after Him and seek ONLY Him and the Father prepares the bride for the great day when His Son shall come by night with a great shout and beckon the Bride Home to His house
And in that house are many rooms and they shall be as one together
As one who leaves their Father and Mother to be married so too is one to leave behind and be prepared to leave all behind to be with the Bridegroom
And while the bride is being prepared she knows that He will always be there, for the Father promises that He will never leave and Jesus is there all the time watching and waiting and He will never leave her nor forsake Her
For She is His Church and His only one, the bride , the beloved, the loved one,
Though the ground might shake and the mountains tremble she will stand
Though she may fall by the wayside and be picked up by the certain
samaritan, She knows that whatever happens She is loved
She knows that whoever might invade, whoever might try to take her, whoever might try to take and to invade, to plunder and to mislead into error
She Has One whom will protect Her, She has one who has always loved her and always will love Her, becasue His love does not faulter
His love is the same yesterday , today and forever
He does not alter or change over time, He is not like the shifting shadows
He NEVER changes, although you never know what He will do next
For He keeps His bride alert and ready and she is so in love with Him
She knows that She depends on Him, She knows that without Him she is nothing
She knows that She is weak , She knows that she might be tempted
As in the garden of fragrance...She knows that she might sin and be tempted
She knows that while in that garden of fragrance that she might take that fruit from the wrong tree
But She has one who will love her with an undieing love, an never ending love
She knows that when mountains shake and the earth trembles that He is there
He says " be still and know that I am God "
She knows that whatever happens He will defend Her for He is the mighty one
Valiant in splendour and He rides out in majesty to calm the waves
And She looks to Him for her shelter and Her comfort, for Her protection and for her haven
For He is all things to Her and She is the Church and She is the Bride
She is YOU AND ME being prepared as individuals and as a body
We who have Christ , we who walk in relationship, we who are being prepared for that day and no one knows that day, but The Father will stir His Son and His Son shall come like a thief in the night
And the Bride shall be taken and they shall be as one
He walks in that garden of perfumes and He picks those choicest of
flowers
He knows all by name and His love for them will never change
Amen
Father God in Jesus name we come to you as those being prepared and transformed, we come to you as those being made ready for that great day when you will come with a shout, we wait in eager expectation for that day when we shall be as one
We know that whatever may come He promises to go through the bad times with us, He will not spare us the rough road, but He gives us the ability to walk with Him through the tough times
So that we can walk with that gladness of knowing Him even though life may throw many spears our way
We know that the enemy will destroy Himself and come against Himself
We know that the battle belongs to you O Lord
Though a thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at
your right hand, they shall not approach us
We know O Lord God that when the enemy approached Jerusalem and tried to take that which did not belong to him , you casued the enemy to come up against himself
And we know Lord that whatever spear or trial or tribulation may come up against us, whatever earthquake or famine, whatever affliction or trial
Whatever temptation or pestilence, YOU will always be there and you will be there always guiding us through and giving us the ability and endurance
Because you have been through this and you have conquered the world
And you take us ..."the Bride " and you protect us
For you are our shelter and our refuge from the storm
In Jesus name amen
I found myself speaking to the Lord earlier in the week and I was seeking Him and as I found myself seeking Him I found myself asking Him about His love
Not knowing that later I would be typing this message about Psalm 45 and 46 and what that would be about
I was asking Him about His love and seeking Him and while I was doing this He spoke back and He said this
"My love for you has always been the same, I have loved you the same always, my love does'nt change,
Do you remember when you first found me ? do you remember when you first felt my love ? do you remember that time when you felt my love ? "
"Think back to the one time in your life when you really felt my love in the strongest way ? do you think I do not love you anymore ? do you believe my love for you has changed ?
do you believe that my love for you is based on
how you feel ?, imagine the one time when you have known and really felt my love ! that is nothing no nothing compared to how I really love you "
"Think back to the time when you first found me ? has my love for you changed, since that time ? has my love ever changed ? has my love for you changed in the past and even now ? NO and neither in the future "
God also spoke to me about His joy, a joy welling up within, a joy that is above the circumstances and situations of life, a joy that can overflow from the lips and be a fragrance to many
The words I have shared now are words that were spoken to me this week, while seeking God about His love
Now we shall turn to Psalms 45 and 46
Again we read the words of the descendents of Korah and here we see a song of love
And they brought him to the place called Gol'gotha (which means the place of a skull). And they offered him wine mingled with myrrh; but he did not take it. Mark 15:22-23
And we know that scripture tells us that we are a sweet aroma to all around
Hebrews 1:9
New International Version
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy."
2 Corinthians 2:15
New International Version
For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
And so we begin at Psalm 45 where God stirs up within us and the Holy Spirit over realms us and we are filled with praise and adoration
Psalm 45 is a Psalm about the Bride and the Groom, Jesus and His Church.
Psalm 45 is about the relationship between Himself and His Church, His love for His Church, His Bride, His love,
We can almost see the "song of songs " here as we read through this Psalm
And we read from Luke 4:22
English Standard Version
And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. And they said, “Is not this Joseph’s son?”
Psalm 45 (New Living Translation)
1 Beautiful words stir my heart.I will recite a lovely poem about the king, for my tongue is like the pen of a skillful poet.
2 You are the most handsome of all.Gracious words stream from your lips.
We must always be ready to give an account and to share what we believe and as a Church and as a Body of believers , as the Bride of Christ, we would want to glorify and praise the one who saved us and who saves us
The one whom said "I thirst " and they offered Him wine mixed with my myrrh and to His lips they offered Him this
Myrrh of cause was one of the gifts the Magi brought to the infant Jesus is as we know one of the spices used to prepare Jesus' body for burial
We see also with Joseph in Genesis 37:23-25 that the brothers stripped Joseph of his robe and they cast him into the pit or well which was empty and we read in
Genesis 37:23-25 that some Ishmaelites who were traders and merchants going on
their way to Egypt were transporting gum, balm, and myrrh,
And the brothers traded with them for twenty pieces of silver
And we realise that myrrh and spices were expensive as we read from 2 Kings 20:13
"And Hezekiah welcomed them, and he showed
them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses; there was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them."
(RSV)
And lets now read from psalm 45
Psalm 45 (New International Version)
1 My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
2 You are the most excellent of men and your lips have been anointed with grace, since God has blessed you forever.
3 Gird your sword upon your side, O mighty one; clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.
4 In your majesty ride forth victoriously in behalf of truth, humility and righteousness; let your right hand display awesome deeds.
5 Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king's enemies;
let the nations fall beneath your feet.
6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.
8 All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
from palaces adorned with ivory the music of the strings makes you glad.
9 Daughters of kings are among your honored women; at your right hand is the royal bride in gold of Ophir.
10 Listen, O daughter, consider and give ear Forget your people and your father's house.
11 The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord.
12 The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift, men of wealth will seek your favor.
13 All glorious is the princess within her chamber ; her gown is interwoven with gold.
14 In embroidered garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions follow her and are brought to you.
15 They are led in with joy and gladness; they enter the palace of the king.
16 Your sons will take the place of your fathers; you will make them princes throughout the land.
17 I will perpetuate your memory through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you for ever and ever.
Amen
Let the Church rise and see the Love of the King, let Her see that He indeed has an undieing love for Her, let her rise up like the dawn and let Her be clothed in splendour as she rises up to Her Bridegroom
Let that Robe be a fragrance of delight and the myrrh , aloes and cassia be blown around Her as she delights her King, Her Husband, Her first and only love
Psalm 46
Because He is Her refuge and shelter, He is her protection and Her security, and when the earth shakes and the mountains trembles
And as we come to Psalm 46 we go back to where the nations came up against Jerusalem as we read about last week when we looked at Psalms 42 - 44
And we see Gods p[rote4ction and deliverance as the enemies come up against the Lords anointed and as the nations rise up against Gods chosen
For we know that being saved does not give us a ticket to having no problems and we know that we shall go through many trials but we also know that God will walk with us and we shall be delivered.
He says in Psalm 46 " Be still and know that I am God "
Where else does He say "Be Still " ?
Though the nations rise up, though the earth shakes, though the mountains crumble into the sea, though the waves roar and foam we know that a river brings joy to the City Of God !!
Though Jerusalem had no river ....God was their river
Though other nations had rivers that sustained them and kept them filled and watered their crops , Jerusalem had no river, BUT God was their river
Though Joseph found himself in an empty well , a pit that was dry God was His water of Joy
Though Jesus said "I thirst " He was the river
He was and is the water of life
And He is an everlasting river and water of life that shall go on through the ages of time and beyond time and into eternity
For the oil of Joy is there, like a river and the anointing of the Lord is upon those who seek Him, as Isaiah 61 proclaims
His love is the same yesterday , today and forever, their is no shadow of turning with Him and we shelter in the shadow of His wings
He is that water of life and He is our joy and the love that is the
greatest gift of all
And so I ask myself this question !
Do I know the joy and the love of God ? I mean really know ?
Have I experienced that joy like a river flowing through me ?
Lets pray
Lord Husband and deliverer, shelter and refuge, river of life and water of love, Bridegroom and lover, First love and only love, Jesus we come to you and ask for that Joy to permeate us,
that we would experience that
water of life flowing through us, that we would experience that river of the Holy Spirit more and more as we go on with you
Let me know this as a fact, that you love me , not just when I feel it,
but let me know and experience that love and joy and fill me to overflowing
In Jesus Name amen