Sickness is one of the miseries of this life that originates from the fall of man into sin. Thank God that for the Christian the curse has been removed from whatever sickness God brings into our lives so that even sickness and death are used as a means of glorifying God and sanctifying us. Nevertheless, because sickness is a misery of this life, we seek to prevent it through various means (rest, exercise, good nutrition, and supplements) and we seek to recover from it when it overcomes us. We don't enjoy being sick. We don't want to remain sick. Yet there is a sickness that is good for us; that actually makes us stronger; a sickness from which the true Christian never wants to recover. What is the sickness? It is love sickness for Jesus. The bride proclaims, "I am sick of love" (Song 5:8). She is not saying that she is tired and weary of loving Jesus and wants to give up loving Him, but rather that her love for Jesus has captured her like an illness, penetrated to her innermost being like a sickness, so that it controls her and only finds its cure in Jesus Himself (in His love, mercy, righteousness, peace, salvation, truth, and communion). Let this sickness for the Lord Jesus grip your heart and your entire life. Pray for this sickness to be yours. Seek for it. Ask for it. Knock on heaven's door that you might catch this blessed sickness. This is the sickness for which every true Christian seeks and prays. The main points from our text are: (1) The Failure of Leaders (Song 5:7); (2) The Communion of Believers (Song 5:8); (3) Love Sickness for Jesus Perseveres through All Failures (Song 5:8).
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