“Let’s get one obstacle out of the way quickly: our erroneous belief that God’s will for us is tighter, narrower, more constrained and certainly more boring than our own. We have allowed the thief of humanism to convince us that God’s will is sacrificial at best. God’s will for our lives is so much broader than ours that the two are incomparable.” Beth Moore, Voice of the Faithful, March foreword

I run in the path of your commands for you have set my heart free. Ps 119:32

I read this quote and this scripture within hours of each other and it set my mind to pondering. First, I reflected on the quote. How true it is that I often believe that God’s will for me is less (more difficult and less rewarding) than what I would have chosen, when in truth it is so much more wonderful, that I can’t even begin to imagine the fullness of it!

Then I thought about how I look at the Scripture and the Christian life. The Psalmist says that he runs in the path of God’s commands. I could envision when I used to turn my horse loose in the arena after she had been cooped up in a stall for days. She would run, exploding into action, as soon as I turned her loose. Her head high, tail extended, she would eat up the ground full of the joy of freedom. I think that perhaps my small view of God’s will for my life means that I generally walk, sometimes crawl and at best jog in the path of His commands. But I seldom RUN. But I want to run in the path of His commands, for the life and the freedom that He has given me is beyond measure.