What we do with the Word according to Psalm 119

The goal of this book is to get us believing what we should about the Bible, feeling what we should about the Bible, and to get us doing what we ought to do with the Bible. Given all that we’ve seen about the psalmist’s faith in the word and passion for the word, it’s no surprise that Psalm 119 is filled with action verbs illustrating the Spirit-prompted uses for the word:

• we sing the word (v. 172)
• speak the word (v. 13, 46, 79)
• study the word (vv. 15, 48, 97, 148)
• store up the word (vv. 11, 93, 141)
• obey the word (vv. 8, 44, 57, 129, 145, 146, 167, 168)
• praise God for the word (vv. 7, 62, 164, 171)
• and pray that God would act according to his word (vv. 58, 121-123, 147, 149-152, 153-160)

SOURCE: Kevin DeYoung, Taking God At His Word, p. 22.
Quoted: Thrivingpastor.org