He Says, “Yes, yes, yes!” Over Them

Knowing God in an intimate way. A personal way. A way that
has never been treaded through. A way that has never been explored. Cherishing
moments with Him. Yearning to be with Him. To hold me close. Hearing Him call
out my name. Call out for something more. Hungering for His presence. Hungering
for more of Him. Longing for His power. His voice. His love…

This weekend is debrief weekend, which has been filled with
a lot of relaxation, fun, laughter, reflection, and prayer. We have been
blessed with two wonderful AIM women that have come to our little slice of
heaven in India to ask the hard questions that would help us dig deeper in
ourselves, in each other, and in our relationship with the Lord. We have been
able to share experiences and stories and the people we have fallen in love
with and even reflect back on things we shared or were able to witness in us at
training camp (which was ONLY last month!). One of those experiences was a
worship song that our Passport/Real Life worship leader, Joel Case, led us in.
It is a very simple, but powerful love song that I know the Lord definitely
sings over us.

I am resting on your
promises.

I am leaning on your
chest.

I know the way you
feel for me.

I’m surrounded by your
voice.

Saying “Yes! Yes!
Yes!” over me

I hear you say, I hear
you sing,

“You are my beloved!”

He says, “Yes! Yes!
Yes!” over me

I hear you say, I hear
you shout,

“You are my beloved!”

This is a song that has resounded with me this whole trip.
Knowing that the Lord sees me, see us, as His and just declares, “Yes! Yes!
Yes! You are mine! You are MY beloved!” That He looks past any times we have
veered away from Him or have gone to another and has completely washed us that
we are His pure and blameless bride without any blemish. He has called us to
Himself and has brought us close to Him to be loved and completely overwhelmed
with that love and with all of Him.

But as we were sharing this song with one another in worship
tonight, I could not help but think about the women that we work with everyday.
How they long for something more. How they go to their gods in hopes of being
blessed. Of being comforted. That maybe. Somehow, someway their hardships and
struggles might change or that they might be offered a better life the next
time around. How they long to be loved and cherished and held instead of struck
by their husbands. They desire to have sweet whispers resound in their ears,
instead of violent cries. To have a hand to hold, instead of…emptiness. And
maybe, probably, definitely these women never even imagine they could be loved like this. That they could ever find a love like this or even know that love really
does exist.

But there is a love like this that does exist. There is a
man that loves them so much that He came to give His life so that they might be
able to hear those whispers. To feel His embrace. To be comforted by HIS love.
I know the Lord is calling each of them out. That He wants each of these women
to know Him as He knows them. He wants them to know Him intimately as He knows
them intimately and He wants each of these women to hear, “Yes! Yes! Yes! You
are MY beloved! You are mine! You have completely captivated me, captured my
heart. You are altogether lovely and beautiful and completely mine!” He is
reclaiming them. Drawing them in with His love. He is calling them out. With
His voice. With His love. With Him. I pray that their ears would be opened to
hear Him. That their eyes would be no longer blinded to His presence. That they
would know Jesus in this intimate way. As His beloved. As he is saying, “Yes!
Yes! Yes!” over them. They are His.