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RADICAL LOVE

and those compromises that are thwarting the purity and beauty of their

relationship now have to be faced and dealt with.

Verse 15 of Song of Songs is such a challenge for all of God’s people

who are serious about going deep with Him:

“You must catch the troubling foxes, those sly little foxes that hinder

our relationship. For they raid our budding vineyard of love to ruin

what I’ve planted within you. Will you catch them and remove them for
me? We will do it together.” (TPT)

As I prayerfully studied this verse, several things stood out to me.
Firstly, the Bridegroom-King initially says that she must catch these

troubling foxes. Before we can enlist divine help in overcoming our
weaknesses, we must be prepared to acknowledge our faults and

confess them to the Lord.

Secondly, the word “sly” is used to describe the foxes. I believe the
reason for this is that, although we truly want to be free from anything

that would hinder our intimacy with the Lord, we often approach it in
the wrong way. Instead of turning to the Lord for help, we deceive

ourselves into thinking that they are not significant issues and that we

can deal with them alone.

I refer to things like gossip, so-called white lies, greed, avarice, anger,

unforgiveness, a loose tongue, and envy—every small appearance of
the old life. These things can overtake us quite suddenly in a sly way,

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