Are You Kidding Yourself?

Daily Bible reading is a daily essential for your spiritual life. There is no substitute. Nothing can, or should, take its place. There are a myriad of excuses used as to why people who say that the Bible is important to them, in reality, spend precious little time actually reading it. And every one is simply that...an excuse.


Having an established program to help develop the discipline of reading through the Bible each year is a necessity. Many followers of Christ have never read through the Bible from cover to cover, front to back, Genesis to Revelation, in the order established by the Holy Spirit. I encourage and challenge you to do this, beginning today. A daily reading guide is helpful in this endeavor. An excellent one is found on the following link: http://www.backtothebible.org/index.php/component/option,com_guides/category,15/

• If you frequently go an entire day without reading your Bible, do not kid yourself...the Bible is not important to you.
• If you spend a few minutes a day reading a devotional page entry that usually has one short verse at the top, do not kid yourself...the Bible is not important to you.
• If you think that you know the Bible well enough so that you don't need to spend significant time reading it, do not kid yourself...the Bible is not important to you.
• If you substitute reading a book by your favorite Christian author for reading the Bible, do not kid yourself...the Bible is not important to you.

By the way, I am not sounding this encouragement/challenge to you so that you will please your Lord by reading the Bible. Rather, it is because you absolutely, positively, unequivocally need to read the Word of God on a consistent, disciplined, regular basis for your spiritual health, growth and maturity.

• Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.' " Mathew 4:4
• I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You. PSalm 119:11
• All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16,17

A spiritual feast is at your fingertips. How sad it is when people are suffering through a famine when the Lord has supplied a feast. "They all ate and were satisfied" (Matthew 14:20) does not only describe those who were at the miracle of the loaves and fish, it describes everyone who partakes of the Bread of Life. Enjoy your meal! And make sure you eat again tomorrow.