On reading the Bible less

or at least less intensely

Every beach was formed one wave at a time. 

Wave after wave after wave after wave. Most waves are small, unspectacular, and forgotten almost as soon as they appear. 

If I asked you to form a beach with a sledgehammer, you would quickly exhaust yourself with little to show for it. 

My relationship to the spiritual discipline of Bible reading was transformed by this metaphor. 

I ran out of steam on Bible reading programs when I tried to dig deep and study hard. I tried to move a mountain every morning by insight and discovery. 

There were days when the digging paid off! There were also days where digging was too much.

At the end of the day, I need to be under the influence of God’s Word a little each day.

I need the waves to wash over me. 

I don’t want you to read the Bible less… but maybe less each day so that you’ll read it more each week, month, and year.

Over the last 10 years the proof is undeniable for my life–a plan helps me get under the Word more than no plan. 

Do you have a Bible reading plan? 

When I embraced the fact that the Word of God is living and active–a Force to transform me– I began to let the “waves do the work.” 

I made my new goal to simply get under the waves every day. 

My simple plan to read and pray each day has ended up with far more impact than a few short sprints of intense study. 

Let the waves do the work with a few chapters a day!