Obedience with a Promise

So, I was going to write about the Beatitudes, since we've kind of had a mini-series going, but when I stumbled across this passage, I knew I had to write about it. The passage I'm talking about happens to be in the longest chapter in the bible: Psalm 119. This chapter has over 170 verses, and an incredible amount of blessings, so it's no wonder I would find the blessings of obedience in this chapter. Verses 48-50, specifically, I stumbled across while coloring with the two little boys I watch. I had colored a rainbow and wanted to add a verse to complete the picture. My first thought when I thought of "rainbow" is the promise God had given to Noah after he landed the ark on Mt. Ararat. The rainbow is a symbol of promise, so I decided to hop on blueletterbible.com and keyword "promise." I found numerous verses that contained that word, and a majority were from Psalm 119. But despite the amount of verses I was given, a small group stuck out to me.
Psalm 119:48-50: "I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and meditate on your decrees. Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope. My comfort in suffering is this: Your PROMISE preserves my life."
In verse 48, the author praises God and His commands. He "meditates on" the Lord's commands, and he LOVES them. Loving rules, commands, decrees? Being obedient? The author loves being obedient to the commands of God. Wow. I want a faith like that: to be obedient, no matter what God commands, and to not feel like it's an obligation, but a privilege.
Verse 49: "Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope." When I really think about what the author is saying, my first thought is "why is he reminding GOD of what God said? That's silly! God doesn't need reminding!" But then I thought, "what if he's not reminding God, but himself?" He does say that God's word has given him hope. The author must have been going through a pretty rough period of time to need to remind himself of God's promises!
50: "My comfort in suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life." Here we see again, the author must have been going through a bit of a rough patch in his life. Yet, because of his obedience, we see he knows God will be the Faithful Father and keep His promises.
Now, that's just a small portion of Psalm 119. A lot of Psalm 119 deals with obedience to God and the promises that come with obeying. In all, however, I would say that obedience in faith should not be our obligation - it should be our lifestyle.