As Strong as Death

In the song You Won't Relent by Misty Edwards, the verse says, 

"I'll set you as a seal upon my heart

As a seal upon my arm

For there is love that is as strong as death

Jealousy demanding as the grave

Many waters cannot quench this love."

 

The reference for this is Song of Solomon 8:6-7 which states:

"Place me like a seal over your heart, 

like a seal upon your arm; 

For love is as strong as death,

Its jealousy unyielding as the grave. 

It burns like blazing fire,

Like a mighty flame.

Many waters cannot quench love;

Rivers cannot wash it away.

If one were to give

All the wealth of his house for love, 

It would be utterly scorned."

Now the part I want to focus on is where it says, "For there is love that is as strong as death." 

No one wants to die. I mean think about it. People will do ANYTHING to get out of death. They will run and run and run in every way they can; exercising like crazy and counting calories and taking pills and doctor visits and gynocologists and checks for cancer and everything you can possibly imagine to try and avoid death, we do it. But in the end, everyone dies. Everyone will die eventually. You can put it off in every way available but you will still die.

And if you take the time to think about it, God's love is kind of the same way. People run from God's love all the time. They will run and run; they'll shun Him and avoid church and lock the doors when Christians come around and throw away the church flyers they get in the mail and block any Christian friends they have on Facebook and twitter and Instagram and they'll do drugs and lie and cheat and steal and do anything possible to separate themselves from the love of God, but in the end, He still loves them. 

His love is as strong as death. You can run and run and run all you want but you can't escape it. It will always be there.

Here's the link to You Wont Relent by Misty Edwards if you want to listen: 

http://youtu.be/QFdeOT3lzqc