“Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.” Song of Songs 8:7
As I was waking up this morning, I kept hearing, “utterly scorned”. Even as I went through the usual drifting back to sleep before finally getting up, I kept hearing, “utterly scorned”. When I got up, I knew the passage of scripture that this phrase came from so I went to the word and read that scripture in its entirety. Although the last part of the scripture is what I heard this morning, it was the first part that caught my attention as I read it. “many waters cannot quench love” As I meditated on that phrase, God began to remind me of the characteristics of water, one being its instability.
God showed me this morning that no matter how unstable I may be at times, I cannot stop his love. As inconsistent, cold, hot, lukewarm I may be some times it cannot quench his love for me. Even in long stretches of me being unstable, I cannot wash his love away or make him love me any less.
We all have our moments of instability in life but I want to encourage you and let you know that our instability does not change God’s faithful love towards us. We can try to earn his love through works, which would be utterly scorned or we can simply receive his love.
“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you.” Isaiah 30:18-19
Stop moving, stop running, stop trying, and just receive the love of Abba.
As I was waking up this morning, I kept hearing, “utterly scorned”. Even as I went through the usual drifting back to sleep before finally getting up, I kept hearing, “utterly scorned”. When I got up, I knew the passage of scripture that this phrase came from so I went to the word and read that scripture in its entirety. Although the last part of the scripture is what I heard this morning, it was the first part that caught my attention as I read it. “many waters cannot quench love” As I meditated on that phrase, God began to remind me of the characteristics of water, one being its instability.
God showed me this morning that no matter how unstable I may be at times, I cannot stop his love. As inconsistent, cold, hot, lukewarm I may be some times it cannot quench his love for me. Even in long stretches of me being unstable, I cannot wash his love away or make him love me any less.
We all have our moments of instability in life but I want to encourage you and let you know that our instability does not change God’s faithful love towards us. We can try to earn his love through works, which would be utterly scorned or we can simply receive his love.
“Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! O people of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you.” Isaiah 30:18-19
Stop moving, stop running, stop trying, and just receive the love of Abba.
