What is the greatest desire that one can have? When one looks at the world around them is it not obvious that a persons greatest desire to be paired with another being one with whom they can be one with. Is it not the greatest urge for a man to be paired with a woman and the greatest urge for a woman to be paired with a man? Is this not the most fulfilling enjoyment as one can have in mortality as a human being? Is not this what makes one feel the most fulfilled?
The greatest inner desire one has is indeed to be paired with another being but the greatest pairing you will ever have is not the paring with another mortal human. It is the pairing with a God. What is this pairing with God that I am talking about? Let me explain.
In dealing with his followers Christ has referred to himself as the groom and his followers as his espoused bride.
The positions in the analogy is correct. Christ truly is the bridegroom and we are the bride. Now with us as the bride and Christ as the groom let it be understood that Christ is better than all of us. He is so much better than us that there is no comparison. He is so much better than us that it baffles the rational mind that he would be willing to give us so much as a second thought.
Christ is a dignified king sitting on his thrown with angels surrounding him and giving him praise. This praise is not forced, it has been earned and it is deserved. The angels do not tire of giving this praise because they truly love their God and accept his greatness and bask in the presence of his Glory.
What does this praise sound like? I am sure it would sound like a young maiden coming home and telling her parents and family about a man she met whom she is going to marry. She tells them how handsome he is, how smart he is. She tells them how perfect he is. She tells them how she loves him and how excited she is for them to meet him. She is excited for them to meet him and is excited to see the looks in their faces as they recognize the greatness in the choice of this man whom she was able to win the love of. By singing the praises of this man, it validates not only him but also her. And this is the pride the angels have in their God.
Understand this. All human beings need to be paired with God. The pairing is real, and it completes us as human beings. Without this pairing human beings eventually wither up and die. Without this guidance human societies eventually become corrupt and violent and their citizens eventually destroy one another and themselves. It is only through this pairing that lasting peace and happiness can be obtained.
The need for paring with a God is so ingrained in us that human beings will even invent Gods in order to try and fill this void in their heart. But this void can not be filled when paired with a fake God. We must be a paired with a real God in order for this void to truly be filled.
What does this paring look like? When we are properly paired with God he is our leader, our shepherd. We are his followers, his sheep.
God is the Shepherd, we are the sheep. He is meant to lead and we are meant to follow. God’s lead, humans are lead by Gods. But humans are not to be lead by other humans just as sheep are not meant to be lead by other sheep. Humans are very blind, and when the blind leads the blind they will both fall into a pit (see Matthew 15: 14). And it is this falling into pits, day in and day out that has wounded us. Life on this earth has consisted of falling into one pit after another. Even if we don’t dig the pit ourselves, our leaders in this world dig them for us to fall in and falling into pits hurt.
Let me be clear. Humans do not lead. They were not created for that purpose and even seeking to lead puts us on the same plain as the devil himself. The fallen angel who wished to be exalted above God himself.
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