Why Should I
Read The Bible?
Have you ever needed to take some
medicine for when you were sick? Maybe you had a nasty cold and you ran to the
doctor to get a prescription for some medicine to help you get better faster.
Let’s say you went to the pharmacy, got the medicine and brought it home. You
set the medicine on your counter and left it there. A few days later, you ended
up calling the doctor. You couldn’t understand why you weren’t getting any
better. Your doctor would probably ask you if you were taking your medicine as
often or as much as he/she had prescribed. Since the medicine is still sitting
on the countertop, you’d have to say ‘no’ that you weren’t taking it like the
doctor had prescribed.
The only way for medicine to work
for you is to get it in you. If it just sits on your counter all week, it’s not
doing you any good. It’s when it’s in you that its real power goes into effect.
The
same is true when it comes to reading the Bible. The Bible does no good in your
life unless you get it into you. You’ve got to spend time reading it, thinking
about it and doing what it says for it to have power and make change in your
life.
Here’s a few things to think about:
- You should spend enough time reading, thinking about
and doing the Bible until it becomes a part of who you are.
- The goal of reading the Bible is to grow. You shouldn’t
be in the same place you were a year ago.
- God can be more real to you now than He was last year.
- To really get the most out of reading the Bible, it may
take tuning some other distractions out of your life.
The
Bible is more than just an ordinary book. It has the power to change you. As
you read it, it will become more alive to you and you’ll want to know God more.
Choose to make the Bible important in your everyday life.
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