People of the Way are People of the Word

"Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow advances in the divine life? Because they neglect their closets, and do not thoughtfully meditate on God's Word. They love the wheat, but they do not grind it; they would have the corn, but they will not go forth into the fields to gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it. From such folly deliver us, O Lord, and be this our resolve this morning, "I will meditate in thy precepts."

     -- from Charles Spurgeon's Morning and Evening devotional book, October 12th

We are to be a family of the Word-book.  That means more than merely listening to a Sunday morning lecture (which I would exhort you to avoid, or slowly wean out of your life as soon as you are able) it also means we are speaking words and reading words as well.

The Word comes in through the eye-gate and ear-gate, and then goes back out into the World to either other believers or into the dark corners to those who haven't come out into the Light.