We take the Word of God for granted. There are a few reasons I say this. First, how many Bibles do I have, and how often do I read them? The ratio is terrible (I have six Bibles with four versions). Second, how inexpensive is a Bible, and how many do I buy and give away to someone who doesn’t have one?
These things perhaps are the least of my problems. One thing I’ve noticed here in Paraguay is they rarely call it the Bible. The call it the Word of God. How profound! It’s not just a bible – how many “bibles” exist? Nutrition, peircings, even growing marijuana. The word has almost lost its meaning. But how many Words of God are there? One.
What strikes me the hardest is there are so many people who follow their understanding of God but never read the Word. Their church, family, whatever spiritual leader either discourages or doesn’t encourage them to read His Word. They trust the leaders and just never pick up one. There were centuries when even if they wanted to the wouldn’t have been able to because there weren’t any.
How can you spread a word without being able to point to it when someone asks “where does it say that?” For the Christian, it’s so important to read and know the Word of God. When we get questioned about our lives, we can show them in the Word why we do or don’t do the things we do or don’t do.
I encourage you to read. I’m starting to read more, and I love it. I am following a schedule that Ben found, and it’s probably the best schedule I’ve tried to follow because it mixes things up. You end up reading the Old Testament once and New Testament twice in a year. Give it a shot and see if you don’t start liking it more too.
-j
I'm Jason, and I like to write.