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!