Charles Spurgeon once said, “A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.” 

The Word of God is essential in your life. It’s not a supplement to your spirituality. It’s not a snack for your spirituality. It’s your life source. You can’t truly know God fully without knowing His word. 

Unfortunately, we get busy with life that we forget to open up His Word. It’s easy to slip into bad habits and stop digging into our life source. I am guilty of it as much as the next person. 

So, how do we kick-start our spirituality and get to a place where we are devouring the Word of God? Because when we get into the Word of God, the Word of God gets into us. And when it’s in us, it always produces a fruitful result.

Here are some tips: 

1) Get A Plan

If you fail to plan you might as well plan to fail. You will never get into the Word if you don’t have a plan for how you are going to do it. So start with a challenge to yourself. Start small and work your way up. Don’t start with trying to read too much and too often. Just discipline yourself to do something attainable. Maybe it’s reading a chapter a week. Maybe it’s a verse a day. Whatever you do make it consistent with a plan. The Bible Project is one of the best places I’ve seen to get a plan and dig into the Word of God…start there. They even have a section about how to read the Bible.

I recently wrote a devotional type book called Scripture Breakdowns: 12 Pivotal Verses Unpacked Line by Line. This is a great resource to dig into God’s Word in a very practical and simple way. 

2) Get A Place

Have a specific place where you read the Bible and meditate on God’s Word. Find a place where you feel alive and comfortable to receive. Be intentional about creating a space or making time for a place you love to go in order to focus. Where you do what you do matters. Jesus got away and went to gardens, He went to mountaintops, He went to quiet areas where He could pray and dig in. We shouldn’t be any different. Follow His leading and get a place where you go to get into the Word of God. 

3) Get A Person

Don’t just read the Word of God have people you can share it with. Get an accountability partner or a friend that you can communicate what you’re learning. It’s not enough just to read God’s Word we need to apply it and share it with others. Have outlets where you can convey what God is teaching you, it will help you close the loop on your learning. We retain the most when we share what we’ve learned. 

These are just some simple tips to get into the Word of God. Come up with your own and start opening the door for God to speak to you through His Word and it will change your future!