OMBS7 / Follow Your Dream

PRAYER - "I Sought Him Whom My Soul Loveth"

The loving bride-in-waiting said, "I sought him whom my soul loveth: ...but I found him not." She arose and went about the city streets, enquiring as she went. Soon, she found him, and would not let him go. "If from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul," Deuteronomy 4:29.

Song of Solomon 3:2 - "I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth."

PRINCIPALS - "My Love"

The love talk between Solomon and his lover was extremely sensual and affectionate, arousing every emotion, and embellishing every feature. Each spoke flatteringly of the other's beauty, fragrance, sounds, taste and touch. Theirs was the most intimate of relationships. Contrasted with so many stoic, disaffected marriages in modern society, Almighty God, in His word, endorses a far more loving relationship between a husband and wife, and between a Christian and his Savior.  

Song of Solomon 4:10 -"Thou hast ravished my heart, ...How much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!"

PRINCIPLES - "He Is Altogether Lovely"

Solomon and his lover exchanged affections, but soon he went away and she yearned for his return. She went to the watchmen of the city and to the daughters of Jerusalem soliciting their help in finding him. They asked her why he was so important to her. The reasons for her yearning for him are so much like the reasons why we yearn for the return of the LORD Jesus Christ.

Song of Solomon 5:10,16 - (He is) "the chiefest among ten thousand. ...yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend." 

PROPHECIES - "He Is Gone Away, But Will Come Again"

The daughters of Jerusalem asked her, "Whither is thy beloved gone, ...that we may seek him with thee?" She answered, "My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens." Similarly, Jesus, lover of my soul, has gone away - but to prepare a place for me. "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also," John 14:3.

Song of Solomon 6:9 - "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine."

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Follow Your Dream

And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? And he said, Certainly I will be with thee. – Exodus 3:11-12

Have you ever had a Holy Spirit-inspired dream, a dream of doing something really great for Jesus? A dream of being so prosperous, for instance, that you can finance a nationwide revival? A dream of leading thousands of people to the Lord? At one time or another, you probably have, but perhaps you backed away from it. You thought, Oh my, I couldn’t do that. Satan’s kept me defeated for so long I have a poor self-image. If so, I have some good news for you. If you’ll believe God, even a poor self-image won’t keep you from success. Look in the book of Exodus and you’ll see a man who proved that. His name was Moses. Moses didn’t have a very good self-image. He’d made a terrible mistake early in his career. It was a mistake that drove him into the wilderness and kept him there for 40 years herding someone else’s sheep. He’d once dreamed of being a deliverer of God’s people, but no more. As far as he was concerned, he was finished...a failure...a flop! But God didn’t think so. In fact, when God came to Moses in that wilderness, He didn’t ask for Moses’ credentials. He didn’t mention his shady history. He just told him to go see Pharaoh and tell him to let God’s people go. Moses, however, was still wrestling with his poor self-image. “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?” he stammered. You know what God said in response? He just said, “Certainly, I will be with thee.” You see, it didn’t matter who Moses was. What mattered was that the living God was with him. The same thing is true for you today. You don’t need a history of successes behind you to answer God’s call. You don’t need a string of spiritual credentials. All you need is the presence of the Lord. Think about that when the devil tells you you’re a failure, when he says you’ll never be able to do what God has put in your heart to do. Put him in his place. Tell him it doesn’t matter who you are because the living God is with you. Then dare to follow your dream!

Plan of Salvation read acts 2:38