Giving Him More of Our Love

What does the bride desire most? Song of Songs 8:1–4 prepares us for the evening sermon on the coming Lord's Day. In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that what the bride desires most is more of the pleasure of the Bridegroom. The devotional unfolds the church's longing to please Christ through faithful worship, teaching, and fruit-bearing ministry, in a love that is openly approved, abundantly expressed, deeply dependent, and undisturbed in its devotion. The bride's declaration that His left hand is under her head and His right hand embraces her underscores that every act of service and worship is sustained by divine strength, calling for continual humility and gratitude rather than self-achievement. The charge to the daughters of Jerusalem reflects a solemn warning against disrupting the church's worship and teaching. Ultimately, the church's highest aim is to be a people whose collective life and worship bring Christ genuine pleasure, desiring both revival and His return.