“Keeping and Kept”

Psalm 119:22, 24

Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.  Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.

Those who keep God’s testimonies shall be kept by them.  The first question is: How do we keep God’s testimonies?

First, we must remember them.  To forget is to lose.  To have them kept in the memory is to have them ready for every time of need.

Second, we must obey them.  Every act of obedience is an additional stone in the fortress of truth.  Every duty formed strengthens habit and confirms steadfastness.

Third, we need to give them out.  The vitality of a tree is conditioned upon its yielding fruit and leaves.  Material wealth depends on the outlay of money.  So unless we give in proportion as it is given unto us of the word of life, even that which we have will be taken away.