To begin, I must declare one simple fact: Ladies, you were designed to reflect the beauty of the Most High God. But sin corrupted and destroyed that. Those of you who have chosen to follow Jesus Christ, and serve
Him as Lord have had that beauty restored. It is an internal, indescribably intense beauty that you have, and it is a gift from God.
The following is a message to those of you ladies who know Christ. To those who do not, I am giving you a small peek into what you are missing out on. This is what you were designed for! This is what God wants to
do inside of you! He passionately desires to do this… more than you can comprehend.
Men, to you I must say that there is a very masculine version of this that applies to you. Now to begin…
How passionate is Your desire for us oh God! How intense and radiant is Your love!
Come and listen, ladies, to what the Lord says about you! Come and see that He desires you more than you can imagine!
To reflect the beauty of the Lord
To reflect the beauty of the Lord is no small thing
It is no small thing to reflect the beauty of the One Who invented art, Who painted the galaxies, Who paints the sunrise and the sunset each day!
But more…
The Word says that God created us in His image and likeness!
Get a revelation!
YOU DO REFLECT HIS GLORIOUS BEAUTY
You are more beautiful than the most beautiful thing in nature
You are more glorious than the morning star
The Lord has declared it to be so!
The Lord has declared it to be so!
The Lord has declared YOU to be HIS DAUGHTER!
You are beautiful
You are lovely
The Lord has declared it
The Lord’s Word is TRUTH
Have you ever read the book Song of Songs, or Songs of Solomon? (depending on which version of the Bible you have)
It is a love poem between two newlyweds. It is so intense in its description of love that most people wonder why God put it in the Bible!
READ IT!!!!!
One of the purposes of this book is to describe to you how God feels about YOU!
Let me share two verses with you:
Song of Solomon 4:9 “You have ravished my heart, my treasure, my bride. I am overcome by one glance of your eyes, by a single bead of your necklace.”
Do you know what the word ravish means? It means to steal away with violence. Intense violence.
“You have ravished my heart…”
WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN!?!? THAT IS SO INTENSE!!
That is how God feels about YOU!!!
He calls you His treasure, His bride.
He says that HE, the ALL-POWERFUL GOD OF THE UNIVERSE, is OVERCOME by ONE GLANCE of YOUR eyes!! By a SINGLE bead of YOUR necklace!
He says that you are as beautiful as the Holy city Jerusalem, and as glorious as an army with banners!
He then says, “Look away, for your eyes overcome me!”
This is intense! Let me explain a few things!
You are GOD’S TREASURE. In your relationship with God, YOU ARE THE MOST VALUABLE THING IN THE UNIVERSE! In fact, you are the only thing!
God is so powerful, that He can spend all of His time and energy for all of eternity FOCUSSED COMPLETELY ON YOU. And then He does that with everybody. But my point is HE DOES IT WITH YOU!! HE IS
COMPLETELY FOCUSSED ON YOU!! YOU ARE THE MOST VALUABLE PERSON ON THE ENTIRE PLANET!!!
Now for the “One glance of your eyes, one bead of your necklace” part.
Have you ever tried, even just slightly, to pursue God? You may have completely failed. But have you ever tried even slightly?
That’s a glance at Him.
Have you ever succeeded in doing something ‘good’ just because you wanted to do it for Him?
That’s a bead on the necklace. (kind-of related to ‘bearing fruit’ Matthew 7:17-20)
EVEN JUST ONE OF EITHER OF THESE THINGS OVERCOMES HIM!!
I SAID JUST TRYING TO PURSUE HIM CAUSES HIM TO FEEL SO MUCH INTENSE LOVE IN HIS HEART THAT HE IS OVERCOME WITH LOVE!!!
Now imagine if you STEADFASTLY PURSUE Him. That’s the next verse.
Song of Solomon 6:4-5 “O my beloved, you are as beautiful as the lovely town of Tirzah. Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem! You are as majestic as an army with banners! Look away, for your eyes overcome me!”
GOD FEELS PURSUED BY YOU, THAT HE FEELS AS IF IT AN ARMY IS MARCHING TOWARDS HIM!!!!
HE GOES SO FAR AS TO TELL YOU TO LOOK AWAY FROM HIM!!
Obviously, God doesn’t want you to turn away from Him. He is trying to fit His feelings into the English language. (A difficult task)
The point: God feels so pursued, that He is having trouble focussing on running the Universe. His heart is so close to the edge of the cliff, so-to-speak, that He is getting really nervous about it. If He allowed Himself
to look any closer to where you are standing, He would be so overwhelmed, He would topple. THE ALMIGHTY GOD WOULD TOPPLE. That’s how intense this love is that we are talking about.
By the way, What do you think heaven is going to be? I have an answer: Once things are wrapped up here on Earth, God gives in to His love. That’s right, He has to resist Himself until then. INTENSE!!
I could go on forever about this, but I think you get the point.
The real question is: “What practical application does this have?”
So if this is how the LORD OF THE UNIVERSE feels about you, and HE HAS DECLARED YOU TO BE HIS DAUGHTER, what does that say about if there is a man who desires you?
Well, first of all, being God’s daughter makes you the PRINCESS OF THE UNIVERSE. The only one who qualifies to pursue a princess is a prince. This man must be God’s son. In other words, this man must follow
Jesus Christ and serve Him as Lord. God must have declared this man to be His son.
Ephesians 5:25-32 describes the role of a husband.
“And you husbands must love your wives with the same love Christ showed the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by baptism and God’s word. He did this to present her to himself
as a glorious church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be holy and without fault. In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as they love their own bodies. For a man is actually
loving himself when he loves his wife. No one hates his own body but lovingly cares for it, just as Christ cares for his body, which is the church. And we are his body. As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father
and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.” This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.”
To summarize, A husband must:
-Love his wife as Chrst loved the Church
-Be willing to do anything, even give up his own life towards the end of protecting her and leading her closer to holiness through the power of Christ.
-Be exclusively joined to his wife in body, soul and spirit.
If a man is not willing to do these things, he doesn’t qualify to pursue you.
If a man is not already doing everything he can to fulfill the first two, he doesn’t qualify to pursue you.
How can a man lead you towards holiness if he himself isn’t pursuing that. Example: A man is not qualified to pursue you if he does not have the same sexual standards as you. If it would be a daily battle to stay out
of bed, he obviously isn’t leading you to holiness.
Now then, what if this man used to be sexually impure, but now he has repented and is pursuing Christ wholeheartedly? And now, all of a sudden, he wants to date you.
Okay, this is cool. But how do you know this is going to last? You test it. How do you test something like this? Easy.
Say, “I want you to prove to me that you do truly desire to pursue Christ with all of your heart, and you also desire to pursue a relationship with me.” How? He asks, “Come back in a year. Stay pure, stay committed
to Christ, don’t date anyone else. That’s how you prove to me that you are serious. Then I will decide whether or not I want to have a relationship with you in this way.”
Some of you may be wondering if this is fair. If he isn’t willing to wait a year, how can he expect you to spend the rest of your life with him?
And what if he fails? Let him try again.
You are the daughter of the Most High God. You don’t have to “fish at the bottom of the barrel.” It is your job in all of this to guard your heart and keep yourself from getting emotionally involved. You need a clear mind
to hear from God. It is the man’s job to pursue you. And never say yes to someone who isn’t a worthy prince.