Psalm 119:41-48

Psalm 119:41-48 
English Standard Version (ESV)

 Note the order here in the beginning -- God's love comes to us, and then we get an answer.  It's like in school -- you study for the test, and then you're ready for it when it comes.  Or maybe at work -- you prepare for the presentation, so that when it comes, you're prepared.  If you go in cold, you're going to struggle.
  So God prepares us for what is to come.  By studying God's Word, we learn to delight in it, because of the riches that are there.  When we study God's Word, we learn how others have endured through tribulation, how they've learned to depend on God and found the light on the other side of the darkness.  By studying God's Word, we learn that it is enough, that God's love conquers death, that peace prevails.  Every time we study God's Word, we draw closer to God, and farther from sin, and we are prepared for what is to come.
  So study God's Word, and you will come to delight in it.  Delight in it, and it will sustain you.  Let is sustain you, and you will discover abundant life in the author who stands behind it