Let’s be honest. Reading the Bible isn’t always easy.
Where do you start? How much should you read? How long should you read? What if it doesn’t make sense? All questions that hinder us from getting into the Bible every day.
Enter the YouVersion Bible App.
A few months back, I wrote a post listing some tips to studying your Bible. It even included a nifty downloadable workbook you could use to grow in your Bible studying skills.
It was a pretty popular post, but I kept getting a single question from readers after that post published: What tools do you use to actually study your bible?
It’s a great question, and one I asked when I started studying my Bible.
The right tools can help you make the most of your time studying, and make it easier to find scripture verses again later on. Read more
“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1:1-2
Reading the bible can sometimes seem like a chore.
We have to carve out time from our busy schedules to read a book that isn’t always easy to understand (Read Leviticus sometime), can be pretty dull (hello the list of begats in Chronicles), and just utterly confusing (every read Revelation?).
It can be hard to get into.
Difficult to concentrate on.
Near impossible to stick with.
And sometimes it doesn’t even seem to help.
We’ve all felt that way.
We’ve all had difficulty staying in God’s word.
We’ve all been overwhelmed with where to start.
It’s not easy to read the word.
Let alone meditate on it.
But the Psalmist understood the value of God’s word. He knew the power that comes when we not only read God’s word, but continually meditate on it, asking ourselves how to apply it in our daily lives.
Delighting in God’s word brings blessing.
It’s only through reading and meditating on God’s word that we learn who He is.
It’s only when we dig into scripture that we are able to distinguish the voice of God from our own thoughts.
It’s only in God’s word that we find His character, promises, and learn how we should live.
And knowing Him is a blessing.
So, my brothers and sisters, when your day fills up and you question whether you have time to read your bible, may you remember the blessing scripture brings in our lives. May you place a high importance on getting to know God. And may you, as you make time to be in the Word, encounter a deeper level of God’s presence in your life.
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