Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
    and you will delight in the richest of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
    listen, that you may live.

It’s not just about reading the Bible daily as an important habit, is it? Yes it is that. But it’s more. It’s about life. Real life is found in these words, and we get this life from God for free. How amazing is that?!

In Dane Ortlund’s book, ‘Deeper’, he closes one of the chapters in this way:

‘In May 2020 the Wall Street Journal ran a piece by James Nestor entitled ”The Healing Power of Proper Breathing.” The caption under the headline read, ”How we inhale and exhale has profound effects on our health.”…

…You wouldn’t try to go through life holding your breath. So don’t go through life without Bible reading and praying. Let your soul breathe. Oxygenate with the Bible; and breath out the CO2 of prayer as you speak back to God your wonder, your worry, and your waiting. He is not a force, not an ideal, not a machine. He is a person. Keep open the channel between your little life and heaven itself through the Bible and prayer. As you do you will grow. You won’t feel it day to day. But you’ll come to the end of your life a radiant, solid man or woman. And you will have left in your wake the aroma of heaven. You will have blessed the world. Your life will have mattered.’ (pp.156,157).