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Song of Songs 4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
come with me from Lebanon.
Look down from Mount Amana,
from the peaks of Senir and Hermon,
where the lions have their dens
and leopards live among the hills.
Jesus is calling you up to the heights of mountains with Him. He has plans for you that will satisfy the dreams of your heart, if you will let them. But, He says there is a problem with mankind's heart...impatience. We sense the dreams He has placed in us, and we want to get to that as quickly as possible. Short cutting every nuanced step of His plans for us.
It is like the difference between really good cooking and really bad cooking. A trained chef uses the same ingredients, recipe, and equipment that I use, but what the chef makes tastes delicious. What I make is so much less than what it could be. The chef knows all the secrets of preparation, the nuances of timing and spices...how to draw the flavor out of every ingredient, and to blend them all to make the perfect experience.
I take the ingredients, cut them up and apply heat hoping to taste something close to what the chef can create.
Jesus wants you to wait on Him to prepare your circumstances, to draw the flavor out of your trials, to sweeten everything with the encounter of his heart and the whisper of his voice in your heart. If you will let Him, He will fulfill every dream He has placed in your heart. This isn't too good to be true. This is what it really means to "take up your cross and follow Him," This is the "yoke that is easy and the burden that is light."
Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you. Abide (talk) to Him and He will abide in (talk to) you.
come with me from Lebanon.
Look down from Mount Amana,
from the peaks of Senir and Hermon,
where the lions have their dens
and leopards live among the hills.
Jesus is calling you up to the heights of mountains with Him. He has plans for you that will satisfy the dreams of your heart, if you will let them. But, He says there is a problem with mankind's heart...impatience. We sense the dreams He has placed in us, and we want to get to that as quickly as possible. Short cutting every nuanced step of His plans for us.
It is like the difference between really good cooking and really bad cooking. A trained chef uses the same ingredients, recipe, and equipment that I use, but what the chef makes tastes delicious. What I make is so much less than what it could be. The chef knows all the secrets of preparation, the nuances of timing and spices...how to draw the flavor out of every ingredient, and to blend them all to make the perfect experience.
I take the ingredients, cut them up and apply heat hoping to taste something close to what the chef can create.
Jesus wants you to wait on Him to prepare your circumstances, to draw the flavor out of your trials, to sweeten everything with the encounter of his heart and the whisper of his voice in your heart. If you will let Him, He will fulfill every dream He has placed in your heart. This isn't too good to be true. This is what it really means to "take up your cross and follow Him," This is the "yoke that is easy and the burden that is light."
Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you. Abide (talk) to Him and He will abide in (talk to) you.
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