Stop Reading Your Bible So Much!

Does that sound like good advice? Let me explain: God speaks through the Bible, so we read His Words one line at a time. It is not how much we read but how much we hear His voice. We are not in school with an assignment to read a chapter or a book; we come before the Lord anticipating He will speak, and if He whispers will we hear it? Here's an example -- He tells us in Deuteronomy 32:1, "Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, as the droplets on the fresh grass, and as showers on the herb." 

This is a perfect example to illustrate my point. Here is one verse, and in it much symbolism, gentle truth, penetrating instruction. Do not rush by a verse like this on a quest to finish the chapter, No! savor the words: each one paints a picture: stop to consider His Holy choice of words and what they mean to you in the moment, in the upcoming day as you learn from others, or as you teach your children or interact with love ones, as well as strangers. Consider every possibility in which this magnificent verse can apply.