I AM SEALED in CHRIST with the HOLY SPIRIT
“In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation – having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,”
Are you familiar with 1970’s song, “Sealed with A Kiss?” The lyrics follow:
Though we gotta say goodbye for the summer
Baby, I promise you this
I’ll send you all my love
Every day in a letter
Sealed with a kiss
Yes, it’s gonna be a cold lonely summer
But I’ll fill the emptiness
I’ll send you all my dreams
Every day in a letter
Sealed with a kiss
I’ll see you in the sunlight
I’ll hear your voice everywhere
I’ll run to tenderly hold you
But baby, you won’t be there
I don’t wanna say goodbye for the summer
Knowing the love we’ll miss
So let us make a pledge
To meet in September
And seal it with a kiss.
When I think of the above lyrics and the “pledge” of love “sealed with a kiss,” I wonder if we can in any way get our minds around our Bridegroom’s words to us: that He was leaving; but He would not forget us, He would continue His deep love for us. When He left, He would send us the seal of His love: the Holy Spirit; a seal of more profound than that between two lovers. His seal, the Holy Spirit of Promise – the promise of our relationship being consummated at the heavenly Wedding Feast – reaches to our innermost core and being. It is beyond emotional. It is beyond physical. It is beyond intellectual. It is deeper still – a spiritual love and eternal promise. Some people know only of human love. But there is a more profound love and relationship that is sealed with the kiss of Christ’s Holy Spirit. Do you have that seal? If not, click here and respond to Christ’s calling for you to be His eternal bride.
Heavenly Father, thank You for our Bridegroom Jesus Christ and for the engagement gift of the Holy Spirit of Promise in whom believers are sealed.