A Journey Into Divine LoveSample

God’s Love Calls Us to Unexpected Moments

Over the course of our journeys as children of God, there are marking moments in space and time on this earth when Yeshua reveals Himself to us in a deeply personal way. They touch us and change us for what is ahead. These “markings” come in a million different ways. They can happen while we’re reading the Word of God, watching a sunset, sitting quietly, or in a loud, exuberant worship service.

They may come out of the blue while we’re driving somewhere on a normal day. No matter how they happen, these moments elevate us. We experience the ineffable, intoxicating, rapturous presence of God in some unique way. The truth is that we need these marking encounters because people who have never encountered Jesus become easily bored with Christianity.

The banner over our lives as followers of Yeshua is love. There is nothing higher than that. Messiah Jesus is leading us onward through various battles and is already victorious over everything on earth. We can trust Him to turn everything that happens to us for good: “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren” (Rom. 8:28–29).

His love overshadows us like a royal banner waving over our heads. Circumstances do not control us. The future cannot harm us. We have a King who cannot suffer defeat.

Behold, he is standing behind our wall, he is looking through the windows, he is peering through the lattice. My beloved responded and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come along.” —Song 2:9–10

Not only is He revealing Himself in an unfamiliar form in an unfamiliar place, but He is beckoning her to come with Him.

Anyone who has walked with the Lord for some time can tell you there are different seasons of the Holy Spirit’s operation in our lives. Do you remember when you first met Him, how God did so many little things for you? But as time goes on, some of those noticeable moments stop happening with the same frequency. God requires greater and greater levels of obedience over time. The progression never ends, and this is for our transformation and glory. Of course, His way of leading us includes times of rest when we are simply strengthened in His presence, being still and receiving. But then He changes it up and calls us out from under the apple tree to take greater steps of faith up the mountain in our work and relationship with Him.

The rain is over and gone. The flowers have already appeared in the land; the time has arrived for pruning the vines. —Song 2:11–12