Heaven's Hopeful Romantic

Over and over in Scripture God shows Himself to be a Hopeful Romantic, often likening Himself to an intensely faithful husband and His people the beloved bride (Isa 54:5, 62:5, Jer 3:14, Jn 3:29, Ro 7:1-4, 2Co 11:2, Rev 19:7-9). The air is remarkably emotional, revealing, believe it or not, a lovesick and heart-smitten God--a God intent on wooing and winning His bride's devotion. Hosea's ordeal with Gomer, or Jacob's initial disappointment with Leah, could never compare to Yahweh's seemingly endless rocky relationship with His people, Israel and the church.
Consequently, those appointed to shepherd His bride are to embody this same romantic fervor and approach. She cannot be won with the severity of an iron fist (1Pet 5:3), nor the guile of manipulation (1Th 2:3-5), not even the magnetism of giftedness (1Co 13:1-3). For a person or group of people to be fully betrothed to the Christ-life, they must be romanced.

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