1. Until love so desires (7:10-8:5)

In these verses the woman speaks of her lover and their mutual desire for each other. Just as lovers desire each other, this is how the Lord desired his people to love him. Many times the people of Israel and Jerusalem exchanged their love for God with idol worship and the envy of the nations around them. The Lord wants us to be awakened to his love, to desire him and love him with all of our hearts, to lean on him in all things.

2. Like a mighty flame (8:5-14)

True love cannot be extinguished. It is of incomparable value. When we experience the love of God, and when we confess our love to him, we bring contentment to him-we please him. What does the Lord desire from us? Only our love.