Psalm 119:32 I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my heart. We are to run. It is not wise, right, or safe to live coldly and loosely. Old Donne says, "Let me go upon crutches, so I go to heaven." But there are two objections to going to heaven that way. First, no man chooses a pair of crutches when he is offered a pair of wings. No one, surely, ought to go to heaven slowly, painfully, when he can go triumphantly. And the second objection is, that those who go upon crutches hardly get to heaven. "Lest that which is tame be turned out of the way." A halting Christian is more likely to be turned out of the way than to continue unto the end; for any trivial thing in the path sends him sprawling on all fours. Away with such tardiness and precariousness! We are to march as conquerors; we are to return with joy upon our heads; we are to mount with eagles — our spirit regal, our mood heroic, our step unfaltering. (W. L. Watkinson.) Parallel Verses KJV: I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.WEB: I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free. HEY |
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