Do it!

Psalm 91:2 says:

"I will say to the LORD, 'My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'"

So don't just read it. Say it! Actually say the words! Stop and say to the Lord right now: "You are my refuge and I trust in you." The words of the Psalm are not just pretty wallpaper.

Psalm 103:1-2 says:

"Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits."

This looks like a command to me, so don't just read it on the page: Do it! Bless the Lord! Say thank you to Him several times a day! While you're driving the car and refraining from texting and have nothing better to do anyway, think of a few of "His benefits" and send up a word of gratitude.

Psalm 104:33 says:

"I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being."

If you have read this verse during your morning devotions, don't make a liar out of yourself-actually do the thing! You just said, "I will sing," so sing!

Unless this is just words on a page, do it! Unless this is just a lofty sentiment by some pious dead guy living 3,000 years ago, do it! Unless the words were merely meant as cultic recitation but not as meaningful to your life in a normal dimension, do it! Unless the writer was only a type of Christ and this Psalm has nothing to do with you, and you have no right to own these words as your own, do it! Unless there is a fixed gulf between you and the Old Testament writers, do it!

How strange is the mind of man. We read things in the Bible in plain English and yet do not understand. Satan has no more amazing craftiness than to blind us in our own language.