God seeks out the Jewish People

באתי לגני אחותי כלה (שה"ש ה:א) . . . א"ר חנינא לימדתך תורה דרך ארץ שלא יהא החתן נכנס לחופה עד שהכלה נותנת לו רשות (פסיקתא א:א דף 1)

"I am come [back] into My Gardens, My sister, My bride (Song 5:1). . . The Torah teaches one good manners, as that a groom is not allowd to enter the bridal bower until his bride gives him leave."

In the Scriptures God urges the Jewish People to return to Him, but in fact it is God who actively desires to join the community of His People.

God can not join the community of the Jewish People without their consent; perhaps consent is the reciprocation which He seeks in the Scriptures.