Everyday I set aside time in the morning and the evening for quiet time. In this time I may listen to worship music, read my bible, journal, or spend time in prayer. I have found myself lately focused on trying to read more of the bible working on knowing stories and being able to summarize books.
The other day though as I sat working through my daily read for a reading plan I am working through I found myself frustrated. I found myself frustrated trying to comprehend the words in front of me. I knew that tomorrow there would be a new reading that paired with what I had read today and I would need to understand for future readings. This is when I started to think:
Is God really worried about how well I can spit verses off?
Is He focused on me knowing the order of the books in the Bible?
Is he worried about me staying the course of my reading plan?
God's main concern is that we are in His word daily. He wants us to be moved and changed by his words, but am I really being moved and changed just because I can spit off verses if what those verses say have not moved me and changed my heart. What have I really gained if I do not take the time to really dive deeper into the word but just simply memorize for reciting.
We as believers study scripture to better know him. We study scripture to have a deeper and more intimate relationship with our Father. We Study scripture to show God, "God I wish to know more of you." We fail Him though if we read for pride.
Our bibles were made for a bigger purpose. Yes the bible journaling is cool and the Instagram photos are awesome but just like we were made with a bigger purpose so was the bible. The bible is the manual to life and should be opened everyday to study and better understand all the sacrifices God mad for you and me. Whether it takes you a year to read or you spend your whole life working through all the books in the bible the point is you do it for Him. You do it because you seek to OBEY.
So friends if you are feeling discouraged in your inability to recite scripture or maybe with the current reading you are working through know this; you have already been obedient today because you have opened your bible. You are further today than you were yesterday. It is not a race to read your bible the fastest or know more verses than your neighbor. The point is you opened the word today to foster a relationship worth far more than knowing a few verses will ever be worth. God believes in you, you need only believe in yourself.
| Isiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. |
XO,
M.K.M
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