Today's Reading: Song of Solomon 5-6

You Belong to Him

One of the most intimate books in the Word of God is the Song of Solomon. In this book, we learn something of the love of Christ for His Bride, the Church which is vividly portrayed by the love of a shepherd/king for his lovely bride. The nine words in verse 3 sum up the message and theme of the whole book. Someone said, “This verse is the happiest verse in the Bible.''

Notice the sense of possessiveness in this verse. I am His and He is mine! I belong to Jesus and He belongs to me. What a wonderful place of pure love and security. When we realize who the Lord Jesus is, and we meditate upon the glory of His Person, and when we remember the extent and sufficiency of His work, how incredible it is that, sinful though we are, we belong to Him!

In what sense, and why is it really true, that you “belong to Him”? First of all, you are His because He created you. “Behold, all souls are mine,” declares the Lord in Ezekiel 18:4. He is the rightful possessor of all He has created – including you.

Second, you are His by election. You belong to Him because He elected you and chose you for Himself. Ephesians 1:4 says, “He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him.” You are His because He chose you!

Third, you belong to Him because the Father gave you to Him. John 6:37 tells us, “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” As a human father “gives away” his daughter at the altar of marriage, your Heavenly Father has given you to Jesus.

Fourth, you are His because He bought you and redeemed you. He paid the price of your redemption. “You are not your own, for you were bought with a price.” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)

Finally, you belong to Him because you presented yourself to Him by faith. Romans 12:1 urged you to “present your body to Him as a living sacrifice,” which as a follower of Christ you have done. You are His because you presented yourself to Him.

These are the cords of love by which our Bridegroom has drawn us to Himself and has made us His own. We are His by creation, by election, by donation, by redemption and by presentation. The Apostle John wrote in his First Epistle, “Behold, what manner of love the father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.” (1 John 3:1) What love! You are His and He is yours!