What Is It About My Lord? - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Song of Songs 5:9,

"How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you so charge us?"

Here is the response of the "friends" to the beloved's ("She") request of them to tell the lover ("He"), "I am faint with love", verse 8. They ask her, why he is so special, why does she consider him "better than others"?

Her response is found in verses 10-16 of this chapter. In these verses the beloved ("she") describes her lover in exquisite detail. Observations of beauty are employed to speak of his greatness, "he is altogether lovely", verse 16.

In that this song is often thought in terms of the "romance" between God and his covenant people, or between our Savior, Jesus Christ, and those who have embraced him in faith, my thoughts drift to what my response might be if others asked of me just what I find about him, why is he so special to me? Why is he the choice of my heart, the object of my affection?

Just as the beloved expresses what it is she sees in him - her observations of him, so my answer ought to be a reflection of just what it is I see in my Savior. Where the beloved speaks in terms of beauty in physical terms, my love of my Savior would necessarily be in terms of beauty in character and nature, in terms of what he has done, what it is he has expressed, what his desires are and what it is he is accomplishing.

My first thought, my first observation, is that my Lord loves me. He loves us all! He loves me with an intensity he has expressed (by dying on that miserable cross to pay for my sins) that is beyond my comprehension. I have no clue as to what it is he sees in me that caused him to face that cross on my behalf with joy, (see Hebrews 12:3), but he did!

Another observation is that his character and nature is such that he is "outstanding among ten thousand", even beyond ten thousand! Spotless, without stain or wrinkle, his life defines all that is righteous, all that is fitting, all that is admirable, all that demands reverence and awe. He is my Savior of love, of hope. He provides. My Lord is full of compassion and kindness. He is my Savior of patience and forgiveness. He cares for the weak and the truly downtrodden.

My Lord is loyal and entirely faithful. He never changes and I will never be in a position where I cannot count on him. He provides me with direction, vision, hope and security. He fills me with joy!

These are only a few observations and I suspect the list would continue to grow as I continue to muse upon him.

What do you have to say? Why is Jesus Christ "better than others?" Why is he special to you? What exactly do you see in him? 

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!

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Trevor Fisk
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