…I held him, and would not let him go… – Song of Songs 3:4

Christ is willing to be held. Who could hold Him if He were not? He is the omnipotent Savior, and if He willed to withdraw, He could do so: let us hold Him as we might. But mark His condescension. When His spouse said, “I held Him, and I would not let Him go,” He did not go, He could not go, for His love held Him as well as her hands. He loves that sacred violence which takes Him by force, that holy diligence which leaves not a gap open by which He may escape, but shuts every door, bars every bolt, and saith, “I have Thee now and I will take care that if I lose Thee, it shall be through no fault of mine.” Jesus is willing enough to be retained by hearts which are full of His love. When He met with Jacob that night at the Jabbok, He said, “Let Me go.” He would not go without Jacob’s letting Him, but He would have gone if Jacob had loosed his hold. The patriarch replied, “I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me.” This is one of Christ’s ways and manners; it is one of the peculiarities of His character. When He walked to Emmaus with the two disciples, “He made as if He would have gone further:” they might have known it was none other than the Angel of the Covenant by that very habit. He would have gone further, but they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with us for the day is far spent.” 

Brethren, whenever you have Christ, please to remember that you are able to hold Him. She who held Him in the Song was no stronger than you are; she was but a feeble woman, poorly fed under the Old Testament dispensation; you have drunk the new wine of the new covenant, and you are stronger than she. You can hold Him, and He will not be able to go from you. “How,” say you, “shall I be able to hold Him?” Oh, have you grasped Him? Is He with you? Now, then, hold Him fast by your faith; trust Him implicitly, rest in Him for every day’s cares, for every moment. Walk by faith and He will walk with you. Hold Him also with the grasp of love. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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