Wednesday, February 28, 2024
“Read the Bible for 15 Minutes”
This should be one of the simplest Challenges of the entire Season: to Read the Bible for a little while. This should be easy for two reasons: First, all one needs to do to complete the Challenge is open the Bible and read it for fifteen minutes, uninterrupted. If you are interrupted, start over. After a few tries, most people should get it. Easy, right?
The Second reason this is easy is that if you attend either of the Chapel’s Bible Studies today (Wednesday), online or in person, it’s gonna qualify. Bible Study is about an hour long and all you are required to do is read along with me and listen to me fill in some spaces between the lines. Since this week includes the story of David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel, Chapters 8 – 12, see below for the link), it’s guaranteed to be somewhat interesting.
Wait a minute. Who am I kidding? This won’t be easy for lots of people. Reading the Bible can be difficult, primarily because we are so removed from the time, culture, and context of the stories contained within it. Some of the more modern Bible translations can help with the language part of it, but I still can’t promise that it will be easy. However, it’s only hard until it’s not! We may be surprised that it isn’t as hard as we thought. And, it will never get easier if we don’t try!
Reading the Bible is a good habit to begin. Today’s Challenge will be over soon enough, but this is another Challenge that could become something very valuable if we only give it a chance.
This should be easy, but it won’t be! Read the Bible for fifteen minutes today, uninterrupted!
“Every word you give me is a miracle word—how could I help but obey? Break open your words, let the light shine out, let ordinary people see the meaning.” (Psalm 119:129-130, The Message)
