Don't Stop Reading

Doctors will tell you that gradual hearing loss is dangerous—because you don’t notice it happening. You don’t wake up deaf. You just start saying, “What?” a little more often.

That’s how Scripture drift happens. You don’t stop believing the Bible—you just stop opening it. And over time, God’s voice seems quieter—not because He stopped speaking, but because we stopped listening.

 

I want to give you 5 reasons to stick with the Bible from Psalm 119, Let’s Dive in!

 

Relationships don’t survive based on one-way conversations.If prayer is us talking to God, the Bible and the scriptures that we read is God talking to us. 

 

Yet, Most people don’t stop reading the Bible because they don’t love God or want a relationship with Him. They stop because they’re busy… discouraged… confused… or they didn’t feel anything.

 

But consistency—not intensity—is what forms spiritual life. God doesn’t only speak in emotional moments—He speaks through faithful attention.  Faithful daily bible reading.

 

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Five Reasons to Stick with the Bible

 

1. It Revives the Soul

 

“Revive me according to Your word” (v. 25)

Paul Washer once said, “If you don’t read the Bible, you’re going to die.”

Whatever is draining the life out of you, the Word of God will restore back unto you!

 

Hebrews 4:12 says the Word of God is living and active. At the center of every revival—personal or corporate—is sound biblical teaching.

 

I think about the question I popped to my wife stacey 26 years ago that would change everything:  “Will you marry me?” I knew Stacey would probably say yes—but until she spoke the word, there was still uncertainty.

 

It’s the same with God’s Word. Until we bow our knee and listen with humility, proposing to Him those deep soul searching questions;  we’re only guessing what God might say.   Yet God’s word when we hear it with humility and with grace it often bring life and peace to our troubled soul.

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2. It Cleanses the Soul

 

 

“How Can a young man keep his way pure, but by heeding to the Word of God (v. 19)

 

Paul tells us Scripture is God-breathed—useful for teaching, correcting, and training in righteousness.

 

John Bunyan said it best:

“This Book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this Book.”

 

The Word washes us. Like cold water on a burn—it prevents the blistering. Like brushing your teeth daily—it keeps decay from setting in.

 

We live in a fallen world constantly shaping unhealthy desires and perspectives. The Bible must become the algorithm of your life—the filter that shapes how you see everything else.  It cleanses, purifies and sanctifies your thought life and can shape holy behavior.

 

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3. It Anchors the Soul

 

“YOU’RE MY HIDING PLACE AND MY SHIELD. I HOPE IN YOUR WORD.”
– PSALM 119:114

 

Most of us don’t anchor our souls in Scripture anymore—we anchor them in Google.

 

Before we pray, we search. Before we ask God, we ask the internet.

But when the storm hits, you don’t need better Wi-Fi—you need an anchor.

 

Psalm 1 says the blessed person delights in God’s Word and becomes like a tree planted by streams of water—stable, rooted, unshaken.

 

In an age of deconstruction and disillusionment, Scripture anchors us—not experience, not emotion, not charisma—but truth.  And I’m not talking truth from an academic or scholarly perspective.  I’m talking about scripture jumping off the page and bringing the conviction of faith in what we know is true in God, and that truth casts out all our fear and unbelief in the middle of life’s storms.   

 

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4. It Delights the Soul

 

“HOW SWEET ARE YOUR WORDS TO MY TASTE, SWEETER THAN HONEY TO MY MOUTH.”
(PSALM 119:103)

 

I wasn’t a reader. I watched the movie, skipped the book, and still passed the test.

 

But when God started calling me, something changed. The Word stopped being a duty and became a desire. God gave me new tastebuds on the tongue of my heart.

 

The psalmist prayed, “Open my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law.”

Why pray that? Because holy hunger is a gift from God.

 

The more you read the Word, the more your soul learns to love it.  It’s an insatiable activity.  You will never get enough, or dive deep enough once you start reading.  This is what Mary found and Martha was too busy for.

 

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5. It Directs the Soul

 

Psalm 119 says God’s Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. (v. 105)

 

John Sung believed Scripture wasn’t an accessory—it was a compass. Talent didn’t direct his life; the Word did.

 

Like Icarus in Greek mythology—who didn’t die from lack of wings, freedom, or opportunity—but from rejecting the direction of his father—many lives drift because they refuse guidance.

 

Ambition isn’t the enemy. Ambition without direction is.

 

If you want life to turn out the way it’s supposed to—read God’s directions.

 

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Closing Invitation

 

Lastly let me echo the words of James which says, “Don’t just hear the Word—do it.”

 

Some of you are searching for answers:

Is there a God?

Can I be forgiven?

Is there hope beyond my past?

Why all the injustice? all the cancer? All tragedy?

Why do people die early?

 

Well, the Bible doesn’t just give information or facts on these question—it gives invitation. An invitation for relationship with Jesus, who is the living Word, and He’s calling out to you today.

 

If you’ve drifted, it’s time to return.

If you’ve never surrendered, today is your day.

 

Pray this with me today,

Dear Jesus, I believe You are the God of all creation and You have made me in your image, yet my sin has separated me from you, and I’ve drifted from your plans and purposes. Today, I respond to your invitation, and choose to make You my Lord and Savior.  I choose to be a worshipper of You all the days of my life including today.   In Jesus Name, amen!

 

God’s Word hasn’t changed—and it hasn’t given up on you.

 

Don’t stop reading.

Don’t stop listening.

Don’t stop responding.