The Wide Place
April 22, 2017
Where is the wide place, the place of latitude, creativity, individual expression, freedom, and joy?
It is not in the realm of structure-less ambiguity or undefined purpose. It is within the safety and stability of truth.
There we find a wide place.
" and I shall walk in a wide place,
for I have sought your precepts." (Psalm 119:45 ESV)
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Commentary in A Treasury of David
The literal word for "wide place" and "liberty" here is "rahab."
"Wide place is the correct translation - but is symbolizes "liberty" and "freedom."
New International Version
"I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts."