Removing the Veils to His Presence

God is emotional. When we love Him He is touched deeply. When we refuse Him it breaks his heart. He said His heart was crushed by the adulterous heart of His people when they left Him for other gods. Ezekiel 6:9 (NAS95) says,” I have been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which played the harlot after their idols; and they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed, for all their abominations.” God relates to broken hearts. He knows how it feels. So he came to earth to fix broken hearts. Isaiah 61:1 says He is sent to bind up the brokenhearted. Having experienced what it is to have a broken heart He is able to empathize with every hurt and broken heart. He then went beyond empathy to suffer here on earth so every broken heart could be made whole again. He also experiences deep love. Song of Solomon is a picture of love. The heavenly bridegroom’s heart is full of tenderness toward His bride. He reveals His emotions in this story. The bridegroom says, “O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.” When she looks at him, or He hears her voice He describes His emotions as a heart that beats faster and faster. Deeply in love, he is ravished over her. The bridegroom longs to be near to the bride wanting her to come to Him. When she comes, responding to his invitation He removes the veil that separated them. One of the greatest moments of any Wedding ceremony is when the groom lifts the veil off the face of his bride and kisses her. We can only kiss one person at a time. When we kiss we have to stop talking. There are times in worship when we need to stop talking, and commune with Him from the inner sanctuary of our hearts. A kiss is a face to face encounter. Worship is all the more delightful because it, too, involves a face to face encounter. Worshipping God should be a lot like that special moment in the wedding ceremony. Worship is both public and very private. It is right at that moment for everyone to see this outward, open display of love. As the bride there are moments we ‘kiss’ or worship God together. Our love is on display. Then there are moments of personal worship for His heart alone. Worship is perhaps the most significant thing we can do to remove the veil between us and God. Someone said it is the only earthly activity that will continue throughout eternity.