Bibledoorajar Sees the Country Girl Pursue Covenant with the King

      Our country girl has capitalized on a great promise. The promise was that she could live a much different life than the one she received when she was birthed by her mother. Her birth mother gave her life, but the king gave her a rebirth as it were and became the source for much greater blessings. From him, she received strength and life to assist her in her future. She asked for a seal on this love and speaks of how so great a love should not be quenched. This love flashes as the "very flame of Yah." The country girl speaks of "Yah" which is God's covenant name. It is as if she knows in her heart that the love she shares with the King has divine significance. Like God's love, it has come like lightening and is something that cannot be bought even if a man "would give all the substance of his house" for it. The country girl seems to be reminding the king that God "engraved Israel upon the palm of his hand" to help the nation know that she was not forsaken or forgotten. This is the kind of assurance the country girl has asked of the king. This assurance has a "forever" quality to it. Indeed, Paul writes in Eph. 1:13 that God has set His seal on us by giving us the Holy Spirit and the result of this covenant seal is security. "The beloved is mine and I am his." We are possessed by His Holy Spirit. Oh, how great is the love of God that pursues us and comes upon us like lightening and such great power as to be irresistible. To be marked with a mark has always been important to God. Jews leaving Egypt marked their doorposts and lintel with blood. On seeing the blood God would redeem them and as he said to them in Ezekiel 16:8 he "swore an oath to you and entered into covenant with you, and you became Mine..." The first five books of the Bible are details of the terms of this covenant. We know that the Jews were not faithful to God, were scattered among other nations and missed their Messiah who shed His blood for them in a New Covenant. I praise God that He went on to make this great love available to us. Let's pursue His Spirit and walk in Him, gladly showing the mark that says we are the Bride of Christ. Jesus will help us and answer our requests because He wants to glorify the God of covenant. Use His name, it gets the Father's attention! The country girl was right. Being sealed in Him is the most secure place that we can be. No one can hinder us unless we let go of the covenant and let them.