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RADICAL LOVE

This is an important verse because it firstly reminds us that we host

Jesus within us by His Spirit, in our innermost being (1 Corinthians
6:19). It also tells us that this is the place of conceiving. As I looked at

these words, I felt the Lord impress upon me His desire for us to
conceive ever-increasing revelation about who Jesus really is.

For this to happen, we have to allow the Holy Spirit to draw us

inward—into stillness, rest, and times of simply waiting on the Lord.
So often, we think we have to keep talking to God, but actually, He

already knows everything about us. On the other hand, no matter how
mature we are, we still know so little of His greatness and majesty,

because He is without end. However, as we come before Him as meek
children, in submission to His authority in our lives, revelations of the

Spirit will be conceived within us—for His greater glory.

In the final verse of this session, we see that the Shulamite is once again
called to a time of waiting upon the Lord. During this time of re-

dedication, the Jerusalem maidens are instructed not to disturb her
apparent state of inactivity until she herself—by the Holy Spirit’s

prompting—senses that she is ready to move forward.

I have mentioned before that the Jerusalem maidens are immature
believers who have yet to understand the benefits of just being with the

Lord, as opposed to constantly doing. They can be used as instruments
of the enemy to prevent the deep purposes of God from coming to

fruition, because they seek to call others to seasons of activity of which

He has no part.

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