It is Finished!
Wow, that was an amazing Lenten season. What a wonderful day of celebrating we had on Sunday as we sang our praises to Jesus our risen Lord. This Lent was such a unique one for me as I worked to read the entire Bible in 60 days. Several times before I have tried to read the Bible in a year, but I never had the discipline to see it through.
That is why I am glad I took on the challenge of reading it in 60 days. I have the discipline to do in two months what I couldn’t do in a year. The entire thing was such a blessing. Do you even realize how little of the Bible most of us know or ever read? After six weeks of reading and over 1400 pages I still wasn’t on the New Testament. I only read the NT for 13 out of the 60 days.
There is so much scripture to explore and all of it reveals a piece of God to us.
As a pastor I think I would be satisfied if my people even just knew the red letters, the words of Jesus. But sadly many of us are pretty unsure about those too.
If you want to spend more time in scripture I would suggest starting with the red letters. Begin with the Gospels and read the story of Jesus multiple times. Start with Mark the shortest of the Gospels then go to Matthew and then Luke. Finally go to John and hear his voice that was looking back after decades of processing what Jesus had taught him. Live in the gospels and allow them to be a gateway to the rest of scripture.
So I am challenging you to rediscover or discover for the first time the joys of scripture. The story of God and his people is one that challenges, encourages, and transforms us as followers of Christ. Don’t live in ignorance any longer! Discover more of scripture for yourself.