Biblical worship
Psalm 13:5 (Photo credit: [Share the Word] ) Psalm 119 stands as an invitation to us to approach God ’s word with our whole minds ( Psalm 119:113 ) and our whole hearts ( Psalm 119:2 ). It commands us to think rightly and feel deeply about God’s word. It leaves no room for a clean division of the intellect and emotions, but rather demands a response from both the mind and the heart. Whether we hear God’s word in a call to worship, a confession of sin , an assurance of pardon, an exposition, or in the benediction — every time we hear the words of Scripture, God is speaking to his people. There is no space for yawning when God is speaking. His word commands our attention, our affection, and our obedience. We see in the 176 verses of Psalm 119 an unbreakable chain of knowing and feeling. The psalmist has tasted the word of God, and has developed an unquenchable appetite for it. His passions have been fixed on knowing and experiencing God’s word. He has what Harold Best would descri