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I Don’t Read the Bible Every Day. I Do This Instead.
From Information to Formation: A New Way to Let Scripture Shape You
It’s weird how one song from Sunday School can mess with your spiritual life for decades.
We used to sing it in Sunday School with clapping hands and wide eyes:
“The best book to read is the Bible… If you read it every day, it will help you on your way…”
Simple. Cheerful. Absolute.
And somewhere in that catchy little tune, a seed was planted: Real Christians read their Bible every day.
In youth group, we were given Bible reading plans and challenged to read the whole thing in a year. I took it seriously. There was a time when I would assess how I was going with God based on whether I’d done my daily Bible reading. If I missed a few days, I felt guilty. If I was on track, I felt spiritually okay. It was almost like a scorecard.
Bible reading = good Christian.
But here’s the truth: I don’t read the Bible every day anymore. And I don’t feel guilty about it. Not because the Bible doesn’t matter.
But because something had to change — and it did.
Let me explain.
