The beginning of the year has always been exciting for me because the day before a new year starts I normally finish another Bible plan. I always look forward to January 1st because it means that I get to try a new plan that I’ve never tried before. And so I trek on the journey of diving into God’s word, reading stories that I’ve read many times before; yet, learning something new.
But 2019, I decided to do things differently. I decided that after years of having a plan I would try reading the Bible without one and I failed. Kind of miserably actually. There were times in 2019 that I would go weeks without reading, which was abnormal for me considering I’ve been doing Bible plans since 2015. My spiritual life and my relationship with Jesus struggled. Temptations came on stronger and I felt weaker every time I fell for them. God gave us the Word, His word, to withstand, to grow in every aspect of our lives and to have a relationship with Him. If we’re not reading, we’re falling.
Whether I like it or not, having a Bible plan keeps me accountable as I learned. And I needed to learn this lesson. Some people don’t need a plan to read the Bible everyday, they just do it. But I’m not one of those people because I start to come up with excuses and excuses turn into just forgetting to read. Just forgetting to read turns into the most dangerous thing: not caring. I don’t want to not care and thankfully the Holy Spirit worked in me and rebuked me before it got to that level
Well now it’s January 2nd of 2020 and I’m back. I’m doing a plan again. I decided to go with a 5 day plan instead of a 7 day one because I have a baby and they are unpredictable. Doing a 5 day plan allows me 2 days a week to catch up if I happen to fall behind. I’m so excited to read my Bible again from start to finish and to dive deep into both the Old and New Testaments.
