What if you had a fiancé or a husband who was away on a long trip, and he wrote letters to you daily only to find the letters unopened when he returned three weeks later? Would you think you would have a hard time convincing him that you really do love him?
And yet! We have a “Lover” who is on a long trip and He has left us all kinds of letters and communication that often lie unopened on our coffee tables or on the bookshelves. Not only that, sometimes some of us say, “But He would not think that way,” when we have rarely picked up His “letters” to find out what He likes and does not like.
Even among believers, sometimes even pastors, there is a dearth of Bible reading. As a result, we have whole denominations who are calling righteous what God calls sinful.
I love the way Isaiah talks about the word of God. “As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth, and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it”(55:10-11).
Rain and snow! That describes my Bible reading. Sometimes His Word is like rain, and makes me “green and flourish” immediately. But sometimes it’s like snow. I don’t get any immediate result. His Word just piles up on top of my head! But when the sunlight of His Presence hits that pile of snow, it melts and runs down inside of me and empowers me!
Do you have a plan for reading the entire Bible? Even if it takes you five years? Read the whole thing! Sometimes you may feel you are getting nothing immediately (like snow on top of your roof); other times you will feel totally refreshed and restored (like the refreshing rain).
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