Verse by verse bible study cfc india12/23/2023 She was an uncultured, village girl and the refined city-girls of Jerusalem looked down on her. "Don't look down on me, you beautiful, fair, city girls" (Song of Solomon 1:6). It is very important that we understand this clearly. Do you know that? We may be ugly in man's eyes, but we are beautiful in God's eyes. " God is very happy to have us as His children. Zephaniah 3:17 says, "The Lord your God in your midst is mighty. In the same way, many believers don't realise that the Lord rejoices in them. It's very important that your wife knows that you rejoice in her. I hope all of you husbands also will do that. Many married women suffer because they don't feel that their husbands really accept them and rejoice in them. The bride knew that even though she was dark, she was beautiful in her Bridegroom's eyes. This is what the Lord seeks when He looks for someone to be His servant. It is a heart of devotion that He looks for. All our natural abilities, family background and accomplishments are not really of any value to God. Jesus does that, because He looks for qualities of the heart and not for appearance, gift or capabilities. I am so limited in my abilities." Yet the Lord has chosen us! Some of us may perhaps feel like that, "I am not capable like other people. The Bible says that God has chosen the poor and the foolish of the world primarily, and not the mighty and the noble and the clever (1 Corinthians 1:26-29). What she meant was that although she was unattractive, yet her Bridegroom had chosen her. The bride told these women, "I am black but lovely" (Song of Solomon 1:5). The Lord is looking for those who have the heart of a Bride, who are devoted to Him and whose service comes out of that heart of love. But they do not love the Lord fervently either. They are the ones who are taken up with their "christian" ministry - preaching, teaching, Bible studies etc and not with personal devotion to Jesus. This phrase refers to half hearted believers, who do not love the Lord with all their hearts. In Song of Solomon 1:5 we read about "the daughters of Jerusalem"or "the women of Jerusalem". Some area in their lives still remains unyielded. Many Christians never enter into a love-relationship with the Lord, because they do not know Him as Lord and King over all their lives. We have to know Jesus as our King before we can know Him as our Bridegroom. In Song of Solomon 1:4, we find that the bride calls her Beloved, "My king".
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