To borrow a phrase our lives are running over with things to do. As we continue to fill up our lives, the Prophets have repeatedly counseled us to make room for the best things first. The best way to keep from blasting through scripture study is not read for distance but for time. Most of us do the chapter a day thing or something similar, however we would be better served to do 15 min daily instead as that will allow pondering and setteling time for the doctrine to sink in to our hearts.
If we refuse to go more slowly we will pay for it by fast fooding our spirituality rather than truly feasting on the words of Christ. I will echo the childhood words of your mother “Slow Down.” Almost all of our cell phones have a timer, set them. You set the time and then take a deep breath and then “be still” for your study time so that you may know “that (He) is God” My heart also delighteth in the Scriptures. I don’t inhale thanksgiving dinner like I do a Spicy Chicken from Wendy’s, and I shouldn’t treat the scriptures like the preservative laden meals of our time. The spiritual indigestion from these meals lead to hardening of our hearts not our arteries. Timed study will be your new 15 min to Spiritual Cardio health.
