31/01/2026
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ,
๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ;
๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ
๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ.
โ ๐๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ 19:10
Reading the Bible has been the least common thing to be done in our time, even by the modern Christian. Some say they read the Bible, only to find out that what they mean is that they see verses popping out on TikTok. Or maybe a verse in a Facebook post, maybe a verse on someoneโs bio. Some so that they see verses, download an app that pops up verses on the screen. The longest time one would hear of Godโs word could even be only on a Sunday service. Yet then we ask ourselves, โWhy canโt I hear God?โ, or โWhy do I feel sorrowful?โ
Bible reading has been more of a searching for an inspirational quote than what it really ought to beโa necessity. People quoting and having โlife versesโ but not even knowing what the verses really mean. Verses have been finger-picked according to one's own preferences totally distorting its point. Is this how we ought to approach Godโs word?
People literally bled, were killed, and some were burned alive so that you could read your Bible. Yet only to be left on the corner of your room as a design, an app never to be downloaded on your devices. Did they die in vain? To the reader, I hope to encourage you to read your Bible and that you may see its value.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐?
Iโd like to give 3 simple reasons why you should read the Bible(there are many other reasons), to atleast give a glance of why we ought to.
1. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ (2Tim 3:16โAll Scripture is breathed out by Godโฆ)
The same word that God commanded to create the universe is the same word that is in our Bibles (Gen.1โGod saidโฆand it was so). The same power in creation, the same in the written word. The same breath that brought life to man (Gen2:7), is the same breath in the word that too brings life to one.
It is the same word by which He talks to us. Some of us desire to hear God's voice, waiting for a calm voice whispered in your ear, but I tell you the Bible is Godโs Word. If you desire to hear him, then take up and read.
2. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ(John 8:31-32, Prov. 2:1-5, 2Tim 2:15)
I say โNecessaryโ because Bible reading is the ordinary means by which God brings us to faith in Christ.โโSo faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christโ[Romans 10:17]. Earlier in the text Paul mentions how can they believe if they donโt hear the word(Romans 10:14). The Word is also necessary for our growth in holiness: โSanctify them in the truth; your word is truthโ (John 17:17). Just as bread sustains the body, so the Word sustains the soul: โMan shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of Godโ (Matt. 4:4,Duet.8:3)
Bible reading is not merely a suggestion or a helpful habit; it is a command given by God to His people. Jesus Himself said, โIf you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you freeโ (John 8:31โ32). Likewise, Joshua was instructed, โThis Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in itโ (Josh. 1:8). Paul exhorts believers to โrightly handle the word of truthโ (2 Tim. 2:15). These passages remind us that reading, meditating, and obeying Scripture is not optionalโit is the very means by which God shapes His people. To neglect His Word is to disobey His revealed will, but to delight in it is both obedience and joy?
3. ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ.
Of all the many promises that God gives to those that seek him in His word, Iโd give a couple few in the psalms of what the word of God does. It could be the answer to your troubles now, to the struggles that entangle you.
Scripture declares that it revives the soul, makes wise the simple, rejoices the heart, and enlightens the eyes (Ps. 19:7โ9). It keeps oneโs way pure (Ps. 119:9) and grants great peace to those who love Godโs law, so that nothing can make them stumble (Ps. 119:165). Yet these promises are not mechanical rewards for the mere act of reading; they are blessings given by God through His Word as it points us to Christ.
But it is not actually just reading so that you can gain these promises, but that you may see Christ. We read because of the great and wonderful work of Jesus Christ that sinners may be saved. And this is eternal life, that they know youโฆ(John 17:3). We read so that we would know more of God and how we ought to live in light of what he says. We can not please God if we do not know what He wants. And on the other side, it is a great insult to neglect His word.
To end, Iโd like to quote from J.I.Packer
โโฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ; ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จโฆโ
May we not be a generation that leaves the Bible unread. May we be a people who prize it above gold, sweeter than honey, and richer than life itself.
๐๏ธ: Meshach Siega
