Draw Me After You

“Draw me after You, and we will run together.” - Song of Songs 1:4

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Yeshua, I have known the kiss of Your tender words spoken to my heart, and I have delighted in the fragrance of Your Anointing that binds up the brokenhearted and delivers the oppressed and needy. You have captured my affection.

Draw me away with You into Your chambers, my King of Glory, into the tabernacle of the Most High God where streams of Your Anointed Presence make my heart glad. (Psalm 46:4) Your nearness is my good. (Psalm 73:28)

The high vision of my life is to love You with all I am and to pour forth love into others as I deepen in my union with You. (Matthew 22:37-40, John 15:4) In light of this, make me Your extravagant worshipper who is drawn by Your cords of affectionate lovingkindness. And make me Your anointed partner who can run with You in intercession and shepherding Your people with Your heart. (John 4:23, Hosea 11:4, Hebrews 7:25, Jeremiah 3:15)

Give me the grace to fulfill the vision of the Two Great Commandments, to love You and others, and the Great Commission, to disciple the nations. (Matthew 22:37-39, Matthew 28:19-20) Grant me comprehension of how You love me with all Your heart, soul, mind, and strength so that I may love and worship You with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength. (I John 4:19, Matthew 22:37)

Draw me away into Your secret place, oh Lover of my soul, that I may abide under the shadow of Your wing. My God in Whom I trust, cover me with Your feathers that I may take shelter in Your presence. (Psalm 91)

Yeshua, I cannot come unless You draw me. (John 6:44) So I set my face like flint and cry for You to pull me towards You with Your kindness and the fear of the Lord. (Isaiah 50:7) I seek Your face and will not let go until You bless me. (Psalm 24:6, Genesis 32:26) As a deer pants for water, my soul pants for You! Draw me away!

My soul thirsts for You, for You, the only Living God. (Psalm 42:1) The nations' idols made by human hands have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, and ears, but cannot hear. They cannot breathe. (Psalm 135:15-17) Yeshua, breathe on me and allow Your Good Spirit to enter the recesses of my being. (John 20:22)

You Who has the voice of many waters, deep calls unto deep at the thundering sound of Your songs within me and Your words of life like the torrents of Niagara waterfalls crashing over my soul. (Ezekiel 43:2, Psalm 42:7) All Your words like roaring waves and white-tipped billows are utterly consuming me. (Psalm 42:7) Yah the Lord, You command Your lovingkindness in the daytime, and Your songs of deliverance will be with me in the night. (Psalm 118:14; 42:8 & 32:7)

When shall I come and appear before You, my Beautiful God? My tears have been my food day and night. Be that as it may, I look up to You, Yeshua, and am not cast down within. (Psalm 42:2-6) Lover of my soul, I silence my disquieted soul and allow hope to arise, a hope that You will answer my cry and lift the light of Your countenance upon me. (Numbers 6:26, Psalm 42:5)

God, My Beloved, My Friend

My Revelation on the Island of Patmos: Part 3d of 5

While being tormented the Bride reveals God’s alluring beauty and inspires hearts to fall in love with Him. (Song of Songs 5:10-16) This Shulamite continues to be an inspiration to me as I persevere through physical pain.

May the kindest, Beloved God with transcendent beauty, the Friend of the weak, reveal His love and keep our hearts from growing cold during times of suffering.

Kind Speech

“His mouth is most sweet…”

Song of Songs 5:16

“…חִכּוֹ, מַמְתַקִּים”

You are the nicest One I know. I am dark, yet, with grace upon Your lips You convey Your affections to me by calling me lovely. You are remarkably more beautiful and more appealing than the sons of men.

Tender words empower my heart to believe as You beckon me to Your throne of grace to behold Your face and torn body. My Love, Your extravagant kindness leads me to turn again and again and again to You.

You call me Your rose, the delight of Your soul, the joy set before You. My fragrance, my simple devotion is Your desired inheritance. In stillness I consider what You think of me.

Transcendent Beauty

“Yes, He is altogether lovely…”

Song of Songs 5:16

“…וְכֻלּוֹ, מַחֲמַדִּים”

Zeal of my heart, Desire of the nations, Your wholehearted love awakens my innermost being to the preeminence of Your glory, the brilliance of Your love.

Humbly and unreservedly You poured forth Your Being and offered the lowly ones Your everything. In joy and in tears, all You have done and all You still do is for the sake of Love.

Wrapped in light, wrapped in flesh, Who is like You Yeshua? The brightness of Your glory lights the holiest City causing the sun to bow and restrain from shining it’s rays.

Possessor of indescribable, rare beauties with inexpressible, infinite radiance, You are transcendent in glory. Dwelling exceedingly high, the highest heavens cannot contain You. Going immensely low, descending into the deepest depths only to rise to life again.

Beloved

“This is my Beloved…”

Song of Songs 5:16

“…זֶה דוֹדִי”

Lover of my soul, You kneel before me offering Your hand and say, “Will you have Me as Your own?” You are God and You are in love with Your creation. God of Covenant, I say “Yes.”

I am my Beloved’s and His desire is for me.

With eyes like flames of fire You capture my eyes. Your dove’s eyes gazing at me cause my eyes to never want to stray. Help me to not be distracted, God.

You enrapture my soul with vehement flames of desire that stir in my heart for You alone God. Who can dwell in Your everlasting burnings? Who can dwell in Your all consuming flame? In the shadow of Your blood, You grant me righteousness and bid me entrance.

Friend

“This is my Friend, daughters of Jerusalem.”

Song of Songs 5:16

“.וְזֶה רֵעִי, בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם”

To our hidden place we steal away. In the cover of night, You tell me the secrets of Your heart as I whisper to You mine. You are my Best Friend and constant Companion.

Spirit of Yeshua dwelling deep inside, none other can enter this home within me. In my interior castle’s private Garden of Eden I sit with You in silence. Your all-consuming Presence is enough.

Eternal Intercessor, You share Your heavy burdens as I place my hand in Yours. You seek partnership with Your beloved. Together we fast. Together we pray, “Abba, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on the Earth as it is in Heaven.”

The Shulamite’s Song of God’s Beauty

My Revelation on the Island of Patmos: Part 3c of 5

In Song of Songs 5:10-16, the Bride of Messiah describes 16 attributes of her Beloved God that reveal why she is lovesick for Him while in the midst of crisis. A prayer format was used so you too can pray these attributes in a time of suffering. Scriptures were used to interpret the poetic language in the Song of Songs.

In this post I unfold four more of Yeshua’s alluring attributes: majestic countenance, merciful and just; deep compassions; and Yah establishes.

Majestic Countenance

“His countenance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars”

Song of Songs 5:15

“מַרְאֵהוּ, כַּלְּבָנוֹן--בָּחוּר, כָּאֲרָזִים”

Bowing low at the presence of Your towering majesty, You spread Your beautiful boughs around me and hide me in Your forest shade.

Branch of the Lord lift the glorious light of Your countenance upon me again!

Friend of the broken and weak, You humbled Yourself and became a servant; therefore, You have been exalted to the highest place.

Your heights penetrate the clouds, far above all others. You are the envy of all great nations. They live in Your shadow.

Tree of Life, no tree in the Garden of God is equal to You in beauty.

Merciful and Just

“His hands are rods of gold set with beryl (emerald)”

Song of Songs 5:14

“יָדָיו גְּלִילֵי זָהָב, מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ”

An emerald rainbow encircles Your Throne trumpeting Your eternal charity. The wise turn and are saved from the punishment of the grave.

As in the days of Pharaoh, You extend Your soothing, nail-pierced hand before Your golden scepter executes justice for the oppressed.

Omnipotent Sovereign, Holy King, You are dreadfully terrifying to Your enemies.

Yet, while I was a sinner, Yeshua, You died for me. Your mercy triumphs over Your judgement.

Deep Compassions

“His bowels are carved ivory inlaid with sapphires”

Song of Songs 5:14

“מֵעָיו עֶשֶׁת שֵׁן, מְעֻלֶּפֶת סַפִּירִים”

In the secret places deep within, living Word of God, Your emotions stir for me.

Though I am weak and broken Your tender compassions, rare as the ivory, well up from Your innermost being, and You command Your lovingkindness over me.

I am undone.

You yearn for the one whom You cut covenant with. With depths like the sapphire sea the yearnings of Your heart call out to me.

Deep is calling out to deep. I am calling out to You as Your roaring waterfalls of love come crashing over me.

Yah Establishes

“His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of fine gold”

Song of Songs 5:15

“שׁוֹקָיו עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ, מְיֻסָּדִים עַל-אַדְנֵי-פָז”

Rock of Ages You have the magnificence and strength of the pillars in the temple named Yachin (meaning “Yah establishes”), and Boaz (meaning “strength”).

You alone have the strength to establish what You planned before the foundations of the Earth. Every prophecy spoken will be fulfilled.

The wedding of the Lamb will come, and we will walk hand in hand in the Garden of Eden like You did with Adam.

Purified, refined seven times, Your golden feet walk out Your plans with purity. You Who are holy and blameless in love, all You have done, do, and will do is for the sake of love.

the last four attributes of God will be in my next blog….