“Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous works.”
– Psalm 119:27
The more we read God’s Word, the Bible, for ourselves, the better we understand it. The more we invest in learning to understand the Bible, the better we appreciate its elegance, truth, and perfection. The more we understand God’s Word, the easier it is to worship and praise God for in it we see His beauty, wisdom, kindness, mercy, grace, justice, holiness, righteousness, power, and goodness unfold from beginning to end across all of time.
The more we meditate on God, praise God, and worship God, the more we want to understand the elegance and beauty of God’s Word. There’s a beautiful, beneficial spiral of spiritual growth between our reading and studying of the Bible and our love, devotion, and worship of God. Our personal reading and study of the Bible fuels our worship and our worship fuels our hunger for God’s Word.
It can be hard work to begin reading the Bible for yourself. It can feel intimidating. Read it anyway. Find a daily reading plan and start reading part of the Bible every single day. If you’re a Christian, you already have the most important thing you need to understand the Bible – the Holy Spirit. The more you read and study, the easier it will become to read and understand. The more times you read the Bible, the more it will make sense. As you read and study, your awe and love for God will grow. As your awe and love for God grows, you will more eagerly read and study. Don’t delay – read the Bible today!