“I AM my Beloved’s and His desire is toward me.” Song of Solomon 7:10.
How blessed to know that not only has Jesus died to save us, but after giving up His own precious life on the cross, He is now in the glory and His desire is toward us. His loving heart never forgets us for a moment. But oh! how often we forget Him! Do you think, dear young saved souls, that when we forget Him, and our love grows cold, that the Lord Jesus is disappointed? No, for He knew all about us when He died for us. He knew that He would over and over again (as long as we are in this world) have to remind us of His great love, manifested toward us on the cross.
If your own dear mother, was about to die, and called you to her bedside, and asked you to do something for her after she is gone, would you not be happy to do so? I am sure you would leave everything else undone until you had fulfilled your promise, and your doing it would show others that you really loved her.
Did you ever think that the Lord Jesus desires us to show our love and obedience to Him by remembering Him while He is away from us?
“The Lord Jesus, the same night in which He was betrayed took bread, and when He had given thanks, He brake it and said: Take, eat: this is My body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of Me. After the same manner also, He took the cup, when He had supped saying: This cup is the New Testament in My blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of Me. For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till He come.” 1 Cor. 11:23-26, also Luke 22:15-20. How very sweet to Him must be this simple obedience to His request: the remembrance of His death, in the midst of a world that rejects and spurns His love!
ML 03/21/1909