My Beloved Is Mine, and I Am His

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. - Song of Solomon 2:16

    These are the words of the church, the words of all of the redeemed.

    He is mine because the Father gave him to me! “Thou gavest them me” (Jn. 17:6), and I am his because the Father gave me to him (Jn. 6:37).

    He is mine and I am his by A divine union! As the vine and the branch, the head and the body, my one husband is Christ (Eph. 5:28-32).

    He is mine and I am his by purchase! He bought me, redeemed me from the law and justice by his precious blood (1 Pet. 1:18-19). I own that “I am not my own, I am bought with a price.”

    He is mine and I am his by A mutual affection! He loves me; that I cannot explain except to say that the cause is found in his great heart. I can explain why I love him. “He is altogether lovely,” and he has shed abroad his great love in my heart, enabling me to love him and His.

    He is mine and I am his forever! The union of Christ and his church can no more be dissolved than can the trinity, “I in them and thou in me” (Jn. 17: 21-23).