Cheap Wine and Priceless Love

Monday, October 30, 2023

Song of Solomon 1:2 says, "Ki tovim dodecha mi'yayin." "For your love is better than wine." What's the difference between love and wine? Wine is bought and can be expensive, but you can't buy love, it's free. The bride's saying, "nothing I could buy is even worthy to be compared with your love." As Messiah's bride, we're to have the same heart. Too often we run after things we can touch, taste, smell and purchase. But it's not even worthy of being compared to God's love. The love of God is always free. There's nothing we can do to earn it. But don't make the mistake of thinking it's cheap. The love of God is free not because it's worthless, but because it's priceless. All the worldly treasures we labor after mean nothing, compared to the love of God. The love of God is free because it's beyond price. His loving kindness is better than life. So set your heart on daily receiving the treasures of heaven; the riches of His love that the world can't contain. Then you as His bride can say, "Your love is better than wine."

From Message #595 - The Mystery of The Divine Loves