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Amen Podcast

Alex and Lokelani Wilson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

What are you searching for? In this powerful episode, we dive deep into Song of Solomon 3:1-5 to explore the universal human longing for safety, security, and love. Through the lens of a woman's desperate nighttime search for her beloved, we uncover three profound truths about our spiritual journey.

We begin with the story of the thief on the cross from Luke 23:39-43, setting the stage for understanding how God meets us in our most desperate moments. Then we explore what we're truly searching for - that deep desire for safety that drives us to seek security in all the wrong places. From the safest place (our bed) to our most vulnerable moments (our dreams), we examine why separation from God creates such profound anxiety in our hearts.

Discover how the fear of separation drives us to search frantically in the wrong places, and learn where true safety can actually be found. Just as the woman in Song of Solomon found her beloved "scarcely" past the watchmen, we'll see how Jesus is closer than we think - even in our darkest nightmares.

This episode challenges listeners to stop searching for safety in the wrong places and instead find their security in the One who entered our nightmare to end our separation forever. Through the cross, Jesus promises that our spiritual nightmare is over - we'll never be truly unsafe or alone again.

Key Takeaway: Repent from searching for safety in the wrong places. Face your separation and find Jesus in the scarcity.

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0:00.0	What's up y'all? Welcome back. We are in Honolay, Kauai, right now at a beach called Pine Trees.
0:06.4	It's a beautiful day. We found this nice shaded place. There's a little boat behind us, which is really cute.
0:12.8	I think the name of it is Hobie, or that may be the name of the company. You can probably see it in one of the angles, but three angles.
0:19.2	We haven't done three angles in like two
0:21.0	years. Yeah. So really high production episode for you guys today because the Song of Solomon
0:27.1	series is going great. You're enjoying it. You're loving it. You're sharing it with your friends. And
0:31.6	that is a true blessing that we can be a blessing to so many people, including yourself.
0:36.5	Yeah. With that said, my name's Alex.
0:39.1	Let's get into it.
0:41.6	Aloha and welcome to Amen podcast, where we believe the gospel changes everything.
0:46.7	I'm Luke Ilani, your host, and as Alex, so awesomely stated, we're diving into Song of Solomon chapter three versus one through five,
0:56.7	and we're going to explore what happens when we search for safety in all the wrong places.
1:02.5	We'll talk about how our deepest fears of separation drive us to look everywhere except
1:08.1	where we actually need to look and why sometimes the answer is closer than
1:13.4	we think. Before I read today's scripture from our Song of Solomon series, please take a moment
1:18.1	to rate and review and subscribe to the podcast and leave a like if you've been enjoying this
1:23.5	series. And if you'd like to donate financially, you can visit amenpodcast.com.
1:29.3	Chapter 3, verse 1. On my bed by night, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but found
1:35.4	him not. I will rise now and go about the city. In the streets and in the squares, I will seek
1:40.8	him, whom my soul loves. I sought him but found him not. The watchman found me as they
1:46.4	went about in the city. Have you seen him who my soul loves? Scarcely had I passed them. When I found him
1:53.3	who my soul loves, I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house
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