Song of Solomon #48 Longing for Christ's Coming

How you react to times in which you are separated from your husband or wife reveals much about the depth of your love for one another. If a separation for a few weeks is treated with indifference and the heart does not yearn to be reunited, how can such a lukewarm reaction reveal a deep affection? If, however, such a separation of husband and wife only increases the longing and desire to be in the arms of one another, does that not reveal a depth of love and affection? What is true of your earthly marriage is especially true of your heavenly marriage to the Lord Jesus. Do you hunger and thirst to be with Jesus or do you seldom even think about it? Do you care? True love cares.

A test that the Lord has given to evaluate our love for Jesus is whether we long to see Him face to face and to enjoy uninterrupted communion with Him forever in heaven (2 Timothy 4:8). It is the love of this world that will hinder you from longing to be with Jesus. When your heart and affections are firmly fixed upon this world, why would you want to leave it to be with Jesus (Matthew 6:21)? Are you grasping so tightly to this world that Christ's coming (whether His coming for you at death or at His Second Coming) hardly affects your love and obedience to Him?

As we conclude our study of the Song of Solomon, let us focus our attention upon these two truths from our text: (1) Jesus Longs to Hear the Voice of His Beloved Bride (Song 8:13); (2) The Bride Longs to Be with Her Beloved Savior (Song 8:14).