Song of Solomon 5:2 “I was asleep but my heart was awake.
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,
My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is drenched with dew,
My locks with the damp of the night.’
3 “I have taken off my dress,
How can I put it on again?
I have washed my feet,
How can I dirty them again?
4 “My beloved extended his hand through the opening,
And my feelings were aroused for him.
5 “I arose to open to my beloved;
And my hands dripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with liquid myrrh,
On the handles of the bolt.
6 “I opened to my beloved,
But my beloved had turned away and had gone!
My heart went out to him as he spoke.
I searched for him but I did not find him;
I called him but he did not answer me.
Feelings are awesome, most of the time, but in our walk we can’t be governed by them. We have to remember that they are part of our flesh and are affected by the Fall, and therefore can’t always be trusted. Learning to practice His presence isn’t to be subjected just feelings, as wonderful as they can be. We can’t wait for Him to extend His hand “through the opening” and do something that touches our feelings all the time. Though He often does dramatic things for us, that do stir up our holy passions, He wants us to believe His presence is there, and thus to be responded to, as an act of love, with or without feelings. Feelings will eventually come around, but we can’t be in love with how He makes us feel, but instead He wants us to love Him. Loves obedience is one of the greatest expressions of affection we can offer, especially when we don’t necessarily feel it. Always live in response to truth, and the truth will make you free. He said He was “The Truth,” not “The Feeling.”