The Beauty of Devotion to Christ

Here in these verses we find the Shepherd-King, our Lord Jesus Christ, exclaiming ‎over the beauty ‎of His Bride, the Church. ‎It must be a stunning beauty that can bring exclamations from the lips of ‎the One who is perfect. But the King of Kings sees the beauty of His Bride, the Church in relation ‎to the grace which He has given her. He sees that the working of His grace has produced the ‎beauty of virtue in her life; her learning to keep His commandments because she loves Him. And ‎He sees every aspect of this beauty more clearly, and He examines it more closely, than any human ‎personage possibly could. This beauty, which He sees His Bride as having, is first of all, the beauty ‎of her devotion to Himself. That is what I believe that these 2 verses that we are studying, are ‎telling us. This spiritual beauty which Christ beholds, is described for us from His vantage point, ‎in the following ways: 1st of all – Christ wants us to see, spiritually speaking, that the curves of His ‎Bride’s thighs are like jewels to Him. ‎2nd – Christ wants us to see, spiritually speaking, that His ‎Bride’s navel is a source of ‎pleasant refreshment to Him. ‎ 3rd – He wants us to see spiritually ‎speaking that His Bride’s waist or belly being like a heap of wheat shows forth her desire to be ‎spiritually fruitful to Him. ‎