Kissed by the King

It’s the words face to face that really get me though, especially when our desire is to be a Shulamite.  Face to face, gazing straight into our Beloved’s beautiful brown eyes.  I know that when we do, nothing else will matter.  Moses was a man that I envy, he talked to God “𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅!” (Exodus 33:11) In the Hebrew face to face means ‘𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩.’  We will be that close.  Transforming love bringing us straight into His presence, face to face, mouth to mouth.  When we Let Him, our Beloved will kiss us with the kisses of His mouth.

Have you ever read the Word of God when suddenly a verse became alive, suddenly you knew that the LORD was speaking directly to you?  It almost feels as though it hits you in the heart, you begin to glow.  Then, as if that wasn’t enough, God confirms His Word through someone else, the verse echoes all around you.  God is speaking to you.  In Rabbinical tradition this is called 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴!  A kiss from God is that living word, a word that sings in your heart and makes your step a little lighter. 

My thoughts for days have been on how we will see Jesus face to face and the scripture from 1 Corinthians 13:12 had been echoing in my heart.  As I sat down to write this chapter I wondered how to start when an email popped into my inbox.  It was the ‘verse of the day.’  I clicked on it and of course, would you believe it, there I read; “𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓, 𝒅𝒊𝒎𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒎 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏.”  Wow!  I had literally just been kissed by the King!  It made my heart dance knowing that He was leading me, that someone, somewhere needed to read these words.  Perhaps that’s you?

Did you know that just as much as the Shulamite longed to be kissed by her Beloved, your Beloved longs to kiss you even more?  He longs to shower you with kisses, to speak those living words straight to your heart.  To bring His Word alive.

I think that a whole bible study could be written on this verse alone.  Perhaps there has been.  The thought that my beloved kisses me with the kisses of His mouth is so intimate and tender.  When I get to the part where I trust, when I Let Him, anything can happen.  And it does!  The kisses of the Savior!  Today I pray that you would be “𝗞𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴,” that His living Word would come alive for you.