I am an avid reader. I love a good book. A clean, faith-based novel is my favorite. I remember the first time I read a "grown-up book." I was in the fifth grade and I had read and reread and again reread all of the Babysitters Club and Sweet Valley books and desperately wanted something different. My mom had Janette Oke's series, Love Comes Softly, so I picked up book one and was hooked. I've since read the series many times over and it's still my favorite.
Whether you, too, are an avid reader or not, you know how a book works. You don't pick up a novel and jump around, reading a page here and a page there, never completing the book in its entirety. That literally makes zero sense! You would never get to truly know the characters or plot and you would definitely miss out on important details.
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It's the same with the Bible. When we just skip around reading a verse here or there and never read the Bible in its entirety, we miss out on all the richness God intended for us. We don't get to know the people of the Bible, nor do we truly get to know the heart of God.
Now, I am not saying you must read the Bible straight through from Genesis to Revelation every time. The truth is, reading the Bible that way is not even how the events happened, it is not chronological. I love reading the Bible straight through, cover to cover. But I also enjoy reading it chronologically. And, I enjoy running to a verse God lays on my heart, or a comfort verse, or a passage my pastor preached on that I want to dive deeper into. So, no, I am not saying Genesis 1 to Revelation 22 -cover to cover- is the only way to go.
What I am saying, is that we need to read the entire Bible. Whether that be cover to cover, chronological, topical, or however you choose to do so, you need to read the whole Bible. Not reading the whole Bible can be a detriment to our spiritual journey. It can cause us to take passages out of context, it can cause us to miss an important lesson God has for us, it can cause us to mischaracterize God.
One way to make sure we read the entire Bible and not leave out any books, chapters, or verses, is to follow along with a Bible reading plan. A good Bible reading plan will have the entire Bible, every single verse, so that you don't miss out on any of God's words. A Bible reading plan isn't a rigid guideline, but yet a helpful guide.
No matter how you choose to read the Bible, to become a woman of the Word, make sure you read the entire Book.
To get the printable 2025 Bible reading plan, click HERE.
Discussion:
1. Do you follow a Bible reading plan?
2. How do you prefer to read the Bible; cover to cover, chronological, topical, or another way?
1. Do you follow a Bible reading plan?
2. How do you prefer to read the Bible; cover to cover, chronological, topical, or another way?
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