Our Fighter Verse this week is Psalm 119:32 - I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart.
Obedience is a matter of the heart! Our allegiance to God’s will is directly connected to our affections for God! We run after the Lord when we are in love with the Lord!
To run after the commandments without a heart dripping in affections for Christ is shallow legalism. To run after the commandments without a heart for God is to run in our own strength, in our own might, in our own way. To run after God with a heart for God is to run in a way that pleases God!
God works in our hearts and we then get to work for God!
Deuteronomy 6:5 - the Greatest Commandment - You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
How do we arrive at this heart-level love toward God that moves us toward God? Deuteronomy 30:6 - And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
Having trouble keeping the commands? Look to the heart, not to your self-determination. Pray for God to work on your heart. It is then you will be free to live for him radically!
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