September 3 Morning Devotional | True Love for Christ | Morning and Evening by Spurgeon

Morning, September 3 | “You whom my soul loves.” —Song of Solomon 1:7 (NASB)

This Morning's Scripture Reading: Song of Solomon 1:7 (NASB)

Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,
Where do you pasture your flock,
Where do you make it lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who veils herself
Beside the flocks of your companions?

Devotional Transcript:

It is well to be able, without any “if” or “but,” to say of the Lord Jesus — “You whom my soul loves.” Many can only say of Jesus that they hope they love him; they trust they love him; but only a poor and shallow experience will be content to stay here. No one ought to give any rest to his spirit till he feels quite sure about a matter of such vital importance. We ought not to be satisfied with a superficial hope that Jesus loves us, and with a bare trust that we love him. The old saints did not generally speak with “buts,” and “ifs,” and “hopes,” and “trusts,” but they spoke positively and plainly. “I know whom I have believed,” says Paul. “I know that my Redeemer lives,” says Job. Get positive knowledge of your love of Jesus, and be not satisfied till you can speak of your interest in him as a reality, which you have made sure by having received the witness of the Holy Spirit, and his seal upon your soul by faith.

True love to Christ is in every case the Holy Spirit’s work, and must be wrought in the heart by him. He is the efficient cause of it, but the logical reason why we love Jesus lies in himself. Why do we love Jesus? Because he first loved us. Why do we love Jesus? Because he gave himself for us. We have life through his death; we have peace through his blood. Though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor. Why do we love Jesus? ecause of the excellency of his person. We are filled with a sense of his beauty, an admiration of his charms, a consciousness of his infinite perfection! His greatness, goodness, and loveliness, in one resplendent ray, combined to enchant the soul till it is so ravished that it exclaims, “Yes, he is altogether lovely.” (Song of Solomon 5:16) Blessed love is this — a love which binds the heart with chains more soft than silk, and yet more firm than adamant!

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