Since I have been reading Radical, by David Platt, I've found myself feeling inadequate. I definitely feel like we have become "Americanized" as Marla has said, but unfortunately I feel like I am in the minority.
I go to Bible study and I can say that I truly, love, love, love learning about the bible. I do. I love learning about the history and traditions of that time. That is what makes reading it just seem to come to life to me.
But, I also feel like I don't read it enough. We have our bible study on Wednesday nights. Not really a huge crowd, but we all keep coming back. Sometimes I leave there feeling like I should go right home and start reading the next chapter, but when I get home. I have to clean up the supper dishes, or one of the kids needs me to do something for them, the point is when I get home, reality kicks in.
I don't really want reality to kick in, is this wrong? I have said many times that I would make time every day to read my bible. Some days I do, but others, I don't. I want to. But sometimes I let life take over.
I think that is one of the things that the book warns us about. Stop listening to what the world is saying is acceptable or what makes us a Christian, but we need to get back to the bible, and really see what it is saying.
"Hungry" is such a perfect title for this post.
ReplyDeleteAnd like the hunger for food that compels us to eat no matter HOW busy we get, recognizing the hunger in our souls for God's Word helps us find time to digest it, even if it's only enough to sustain us.