Song of Solomon 7:10: “I am my beloved’s, / And his desire is toward me.”

July 24th, 2024 by Pastor Ed in devotional

As we are reading the Song of Songs as Jesus speaking to us and of us, it begins to take on a very personal, intimate tone. We can’t help but notice the many personal possessive pronouns used throughout this book: “my beloved,” “my love,” “my dove.” It reveals the intimate, personal relationship between the Shulamite and her king. They belong to each other: “I am my beloved’s, / And my beloved is mine” (Song of Sol. 6:3). This is the same relationship we are to have with Jesus Christ the moment we receive Him as our Savior. We must claim Him personally. We find throughout Scripture that no one else can be saved on our behalf; it is something that must be done individually. And we also belong to Jesus. The Apostle Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 6:19–20 that we were literally purchased from the slave market of sin by the precious blood of Jesus Christ, and that we no longer belong to ourselves: “For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.”

I love the old story of the small boy who built a toy sailboat. He spent time making it, painting it, getting it ready to sail. When he finished, he proudly took it out for its maiden voyage. To his horror, the wind caught the sails and swept it down the river. The boy looked long and hard for his boat but could not find it anywhere. Several weeks later, he happened to see his very own boat in the window of a pawnshop. Joyfully, he burst into the shop and asked the shopkeeper to return it to him, but the man refused, saying that he had bought it from someone and if the boy wanted it, he would also have to pay for it. The boy sadly left the shop, thinking how hard it would be to save all that money, and for a boat that was already his. Nevertheless he worked hard and earned the necessary sum to get his boat back. He returned to the shop and handed over the money. As he left, his boat safely tucked under his arm, he said tenderly, “You are mine, little boat; twice mine. Once because I made you, and twice because I bought you.” We belong to Jesus, God the Son, once because He wove us together in our mother’s womb (Ps. 139), and twice because He bought us by His death on the cross.

“LORD, we are excited that You love us and desire an even more growing personal relationship with us this day.”