How to study the Bible

Hey everyone! Its Elisha again. I hope you all had a wonderful summer. You are probably thinking about starting school or you might have already started school.

Today, I want to talk to you about how to study this book. How do you study the Bible? At first glance, the Bible is really big! If you do not know where to start, it can seem a little bit overwhelming. So that is what I want to talk to you about: how do you study the Bible. I encourage you, before you even start reading the Bible, ask the Lord to help you, through His Holy Spirit, to understand His truth.

In Psalm 119:18, the psalmist prayed. He said, to God, “Open my eyes that I may behold wonderful things from your Law.”

Ask God to open your eyes and your understanding so that you can behold the wonderful things in this Book.

Another verse, Jeremiah 19:13 God says to His people, “You will seek me and you will find me when you search for me with all your heart.”

He wants you to find Him. He wants you to search for Him with all your heart.

So where do you start? Like we already said, it is a big book! Every book in the Bible is a good book, so I do not think there is a wrong place to start. One good book is the book of John . It is one of the shorter gospels and it records Jesus’s life while He was here on earth. It records His words, His sermons and some of His miracles. It is a great place to read about your Savior- what He did while He was here and about what He has done for you.

Another good book is the book of Ephesians. It is a shorter letter that the apostle Paul wrote to one of the early churches. It reminds us of who we are in Christ and, as children of God, how we should live our life.

As God speaks to you and shows you things from His Word, I encourage you to write them down and put them on your mirror or maybe on your notebook and meditate on them day and night. Memorize those truths. Hide them in your heart. They are God’s little love letters to you. In fact the whole Bible is God’s love letter to you.

So now I have a question for you. Why do you think we should study the Bible? Why should we bother?

Jesus said while He was here on earth, in John 17:3, “This is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

Eternal life? Yes, it means going to heaven when you die, but even more than that, it is getting to know the Lord every single day. That is eternal life, and it is an awesome journey. How do we know God? How do we get to know Him? We get to know Him through His Word.

Imagine that there was a man who was in love with a woman. One day he asked her to marry him. The whole time they were engaged, that girl went to the library and got books on how to cook, how to be a good wife, and how to raise godly children. She was always reading! Every time that man asked to spend time with her, she would say that she was too busy.
Then the wedding day came and they got married. All of a sudden that girl realized that she did not even know the man she was marrying!

It is a silly example, but often we do that with God. We read good books about God, we go to church and sing songs, but we never actually get to know the King of kings and Lord of lords. We can do that by being still and letting Him speak to us through His Word.

Pick a book. Read a chapter a day, or as much time as you can, and get into His Word. Ask God to show you His truth. He wants to spend time with you. Get to know your Savior by reading His words to you. He loves you so much and He wants to spend time with you. So I pray that you will spend time with Him.