I will show you a Christian who is not.” – Credited to D.L. Moody
If you’ve grown up in the church, as I have, you probably can’t count how many times you’ve been taught to “Read your Bible.” When I was just a sticky-faced, ankle-biting preschooler, I remember my Eager Beaver leaders taught me this. As a pudgy-faced preteen my RA & AWANA guides taught me this. As a zit-faced teenager my youth pastor taught me this. Add to these my parents and Christian school teachers and it’s easy to see that throughout my entire life I have been taught to “Read your Bible.” Some of you have had that same experience. This is a lesson you learned early and often.
As soon as I could read, I tried to do what I was told. However, I spent many years frustrated. I would read the Bible and find my mind wandering from boredom or my head-spinning from confusion. This was because, while, many people taught me TO read my Bible, nobody had taught me HOW to read my Bible. Like an intern on his first day working at a TV station, I knew that there was something powerful and awesome in front me, but I felt overwhelmed and lost.
If you’ve ever felt that way, then…
