His Banner
“He brought me to the banqueting house, and His banner over me was love” (Song of Solomon 2:4).
We sometime make banners that announce happy occasions. For instance: “Happy Birthday” or “Welcome Home,” or “Just Married,” or other joyous sentiments. Our verse today spreads a banner over a special guest of honor at a banquet. It has one word on it, and simply reads, LOVE.
That’s what each of us experiences as the Lord Jesus brings us into HIS BANQUETING HOUSE. There is only one place where there is perfect love. That’s the Lord’s banqueting house at His table. What a privilege it is to be invited, and what a blessing to sit down in His presence. In the previous verse the invited guest said: “I sat down under His shadow with great delight, and His fruit was sweet to my taste” (Song of Solomon 2:3).
Today we need to be reminded of the cost of our invitation. It cost God the giving of His Son, and it cost the Lord Jesus the giving of His life and the shedding of His blood. Our invitation to His table, with His banner — LOVE — over us has been very costly!
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