In his sermon on Song of Solomon 1:1–3:5, Stephen Davey explains that this poetic book celebrates God’s design for love, attraction, and intimacy within the covenant of marriage. Solomon’s love song traces a courtship marked by desire, affirmation, and anticipation, while repeatedly warning against awakening sexual intimacy before God’s appointed time. Davey addresses the church’s discomfort with the book, noting that God Himself created marriage and physical intimacy and placed loving boundaries around it for protection and joy. The repeated refrain—“do not awaken love until it pleases”—serves as a call to patience, self-control, and trust in God’s timing. Davey concludes that the Song of Solomon honors God by showing that true intimacy flourishes best when desire is governed by obedience, reverence, and devotion to the Lord.
A Love Song For the Ages
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