Have You Never Read?
Mark 2:23-28

You would think they had. They revered the Old Testament. They could quote from it. They claimed to keep it. They were Pharisees after all. Who would dare question whether or not they had read 1 Samuel?

It is entirely possible to build a life on what we think the Bible says, but miss the whole point of the Bible. Sometimes because we have never actually read it. Oh, we’ve heard the preacher read it. We’ve talked about it in Sunday School or small group. We may have read a book somehow supposedly related to the Bible. We may even have read the Bible through in a year, skimming it like a religious self-help book, a tool to help us build the life we want.

But have we read the Bible? So that it reads us, piercing our souls, revealing the thoughts and intentions of our hearts? So that it reveals Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath and source of eternal life and lasting joy? (John 5:39-40)

God grant us a fresh desire to read your Holy Scriptures with open minds and sensitive hearts. Let your Word reveal our hidden thoughts, desires, and agendas so that we might confess our sins. Show us Jesus, our Savior, Lord, Advocate, and Friend. Grow our faith by your Word. Fulfill our joy in the delight of your commands.