a suggestion to a new way of reading our bibles

Little by little it's dawning to me, that throughout twenty years of being influecned by our Western church-culture I got into some way of viewing and handling my bible that I'm not satisfied with any more.

I guess this way of reading your bible is pretty close to what you experience:
At some point in the morning you open your bible, quickly go through the verses suggested in your bible-reading plan. If you actually experience that God is speaking through this to you - halleluja! - if not, got another chance tomorrow, let's move on!

And sadly enough all too often this is my way of reading the bible, too.

But as I'm getting more and more unsatisfied with that I believe that this is absolutely not the way the bible itself is suggesting. All verses that I remember about opening myself up to the word of God are about "meditating on" or "thinking about" God's word - which is absolutely unlike simply "reading".

I made it my prayer to God to alter my way of treating his word and to show me the steps that I need to go to lead me deeper into the wisdom and knowledge of his word. And I already experienced, that the part that I'm taking in fulfilling this prayer, is hard work, and requires some costs. But it's worth it.

Do you want to do the same?