Read your Bible: Recommitting to Daily Bible Reading

One of the most precious times of my day is waking up each morning to open God's Word.  Why?  Simply stated; my heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick (see Jeremiah 17:9).  My heart is not prone to wake up in a godly frame of mind.  Let's be completely honest, I'm prone to wake up selfish.  I'm prone to have my mind filled with my plans, my desires, my struggles (Me, Me, Me).  How about you?  The Bible first thing in the morning reorients me to think God, God, God.  God first right? Is that not exactly what we need, to have our mind fixed upon God, upon Jesus, that we might honor Him each day, that our joy and delight might be in Him?

We here at SB2W encourage you if you don't already have a good reading plan, to use the reading plan at www.oneyearbibleonline.com.  We often post the reading plan here on the blog for you to read on a weekly basis.  Our devotional posts are most often on a passage from that very week's reading.  If you are reading along with us then last week you read of Jesus' temptation in Matthew 4.  Let me point out something that astonishes me.  Jesus is being tempted.  He, like us, had to do battle with temptation.  How did He find victory?  He used the Word of God.  Now think with me.  Jesus is God, therefore everything that proceeds from His mouth is the word of God.  Yet, look at what He chose to do battle with temptation.  Each time He's tempted he says these words, "It is written...".  Wow!! Jesus who could have used a variety of means to defeat Satan's attacks chose to use the written Word.  He chose the Scriptures.  Why?  To show how powerful and effective the written Word of God is for any who face temptation.  To point us to the importance of knowing the Word of God that we might faithfully follow Him.  Read your Bibles friends.  Soak up time with your Lord; enjoying, listening, learning, growing, and loving Jesus Christ.  Blessings to you in this New Year.