An Enlarged Heart

”I will run in the way of Your commandments when You enlarge my heart!” (Psalm 119:32)  Before we can diligently and willingly obey our Lord’s commands, He must first do a work in our hearts.  To keep His word, this blessing of an “enlarged heart” is necessary.  The Lord must change our hearts, increasing our desire to obey Him as well as giving us the power to do so. This verse in Psalm 119 expresses perfectly the thought of Philippians 2:12-13.  We are to “work out” our own salvation, knowing that God is working in our hearts to give us the desire and the ability to obey Him.  It is wonderful to see the amazing harmony of the Bible.  Whether in an Old Testament song celebrating God’s word or a New Testament letter to a specific church, the theology is the same.