Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: Many water
cannot quench love, neither can the floods drawn it: if a man would give all
the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. Song of
Solomon 8:7
Read: Song of Solomon 8:6-7
Although it is difficult to effectively define love, it is
clear that love involves very powerful emotions. Solomon was a beneficiary of
God’s love and he writes that love is equal to death in terms of strength (Song
of Solomon 8:6). Most people fear death but very few fear love, yet they are
equal in strength. Death and love have a sense of finality associated with
them. Those who really know what love is are always afraid of falling in love
because once you really love someone, it does not matter what the fellow does,
your love for that individual never dies. Song of Solomon 8:7 says:
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can
the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for
love, it would utterly be contemned.
Floods of adversity and difficulty cannot quench love. If
you say you love and latter say you do not love your spouse again because there
is no money at home for food, or because of negative pressures from in-laws,
that love is questionable.
In Romans 8:35-39, Paul says nothing and nobody can stop the
love of God from flowing to us. Love is unstoppable and unquenchable. It is
difficult to offend someone who really loves you because love forgives all
sins, wrongs and offences (Proverbs 10:12). Are you finding it difficult to
forgive your spouse for falling into fornication? If you love that spouse, you
will receive grace to forgive. There is no harm that is done to you that you
cannot forgive if you love somebody. However, taking it for granted that your
spouse will always forgive your sins is a dangerous thing because God Himself
may take up the assignment of judging you. What happens when the one you love
disappoints you? The three Hebrew boys before king Nebuchadnezzar stated that
even if their God disappoints in delivering them, they will still love Him
(Daniel 3:16-18). Many Christians will be offended when God does not grant
their request; this shows their level of love for Him. When you are genuinely
in love, it will be a thing of pleasure to make sacrifices for the one you
love. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were ready to die in the fire out of their
love for God. Do you love God to the extent of dying for Him, just like He
loved you and died for you?
PRAYER POINT:
Father, just as You loved me to the point of giving Your son
Jesus Christ to die for me, help me to love you without holding back anything.
Bible in one year: Joshua 10-12
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