He put me in the bed flat on my back for about two weeks to get my attention so He could talk to me and show me some things I was doing that was not only displeasing to Him but detrimental to the Kingdomį. It is only as the Holy Spirit is able to get people to stop their endless rushing about that they can see the love God has for them.ġ. But the sad thing is so many are so wrapped up in themselves and the pleasures of this world that they cannot see His wondrous love.Į. He has manifested His love to all mankind in so many ways that it’s a wonder all do not love Him.ĭ. God is calling His beloved to come to Him that He may nourish them, coddle them on His shoulder, and whisper sweet love songs to His beloved.Ĭ. However, Song of Solomon isn’t the only place we see the tender love call of God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Notice the tender yearnings of His voice as He calls to His beloved.ģ. Think of the book of Song of Solomon as God’s love song to you and me His beloved.Ģ. He doesn’t want people to serve or love Him out of fear but, because they love Him, because He first loved them.ġ. God wants a people that will love Him in response to His love for them.ī. It is a call from God to man therefore it is a love call, for God is love and everything He does is based on His love for man whom He created.Ī. FIRST I WANT TO IMPRESS ON YOU THAT THIS CALL IS A LOVE CALL.Ī. There are some things I want us to note about this clarion call. When thinking of the definition of the word clarion think of it as clear and inspiring, for God always makes His desires for man clear and inspiring in an endeavor to draw them to Him.ī. The word clarion means loud, clear, ringing, and inspiring.Ī. Isaiah makes this call to whosoever wills a little clearer in chapter 55:1 Ho! Everyone who thirsts come to the waters.ī. This call is a general call and is extended to all mankind.Ģ. Notice the verse says, Come now and let us reason together says the Lord.ġ. Here in these verses from Isaiah we find God again calling to man, His highest creation, to return to Him and the fellowship they had together.ĭ. When they ate of the fruit their eyes were opened and they did come to knowledge of good and evil for they saw they were naked and went and hid themselves.Ĭ. These calls of God began with Adam soon after he and Eve partook of the forbidden fruit.ī. These verses contain one of the many times God has called to man down through the ages.Ī.
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