Falling In Love with Jesus

We've all heard the analogy of Jesus being the Bridegroom, and us (The church) being the Bride, right?

Well, as I open up this post, I want to ask you a simple question.

Are you in love with Jesus?

And I don't mean, you love him, I mean, do you LOVE him? Do you put Him above all else? Is hearing His voice a priority?

As young women, we often forget how jealous our King is.

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her." -Zechariah 8:2

He wants you to spend time with Him. He wants you to be incandescently fulfilled and satisfied by His presence. He wants you to love Him, just like you want be loved. Passionately.

I pray that the Maker of the Heavens would set a fire in your heart. When He is the true desire of your heart, you don't want this world. You want Him. Only God can satisfy the longing in your heart, don't look to anyone or anything else.

This is often difficult, we live in a society where women are consumed with pictures of how they should look, the guys they should date (even though I don't believe in dating), the way they should spend their time, the translation of the Bible they should read, etc., but no one ever tells us as young women how to be a passionate lover and follower of the One man who will never let us down.

The story of Hosea and Gomer always brings me such joy.

Joshua Harris sums the story up this way:

"Hosea was an Old Testament prophet, and God called this man to marry a woman of ill repute. And so Hosea married this woman named Gomer. And she was unfaithful to him. She left him. She was an adulteress and even gave herself to prostitution. Her life was so degraded by her sin that eventually she became a slave.

And in the book of Hosea the story is told of Hosea walking through the marketplace and he comes upon the place in the market where the slaves are sold, where human beings are being sold to other people because of their debt. And Hosea comes upon his wife being auctioned off as a slave. And in a picture of God’s incredible love for his people, Hosea steps forward and lays the money on the table to purchase his wife back from slavery.

This woman who was unfaithful to him, this woman who broke his heart, this woman who is an adulteress, he buys back out of slavery and brings home to be his wife! This is an incredible picture of the love and care of God for us, his people. We have disobeyed him, we have been unfaithful to him, and yet he comes searching for us and he redeems us. And this is what Jesus has done for us!”

 Can't you see? We are undeserving, so undeserving, but JESUS CHRIST, by His unfailing grace saved us. He saved us from an eternity apart from Himself. He saved us from a place and a person who only wishes to destroy us. He saved us from ourselves. He has REDEEMED us. Just as Hosea redeemed Gomer.

If that doesn't cause you to fall to your knees and cry, I don't know what will.

There is no sweeter name.

My heart will sing no other name? Will yours?