I hesitated about writing this blog post because I wanted to believe that reading the Bible could never be mundane. I didn’t want others giving me the side eye because I am writing about what I feel every Christ follower feels at some point and time in their walk with the Lord. I am in no way saying that reading the word is not essential to being a believer but, it can feel mundane at times. Just like going to a job you have been at for many years. Even serving in church or attending church consistently can begin to feel mundane at times. Is it necessary for our walk with Christ to attend church?  I think it is important to come together and worship with other believers. I also believe that it is very important to our walk with Christ to find strength amongst those in our faith community. I feel like I went to the spiritual fueling station when I go to church. I feel strengthened in my walk with Christ as I worship alongside those who love Jesus or even those who have come searching for him. In saying all of that, I still return to my point that even knowing all of that going to church can still feel mundane at times, just like reading the Bible can.  Why do we reach that place? Is it a sin to feel like the things of God feel mundane at times? Honestly, as a believer, I felt like I was sinning when I was feeling this way. I felt like God was frowning at me for feeling like this. I know that Jesus knows the intimate details of who I am and he knows my feelings of mundanity, I also know that he will walk right into that place and revive and restore my love and desire for reading and studying his word.

Maybe you are wondering, how I got to that place? I believe that for me I had reached a place where I felt like I was just going through the motions. I had in some ways disconnected myself from it because I went into my study times with no real desire to do it. It had become a routine but I lost the purpose of why I needed to do it. It started to feel like just something to do rather than something I desperately needed to do to stay focused on what mattered most. I recognized that I was no longer studying my bible to live but I was studying it to check it off my Christian list of all the things I needed to do as a believer. I lost my zeal for studying the word. I noticed that when studying his word became mundane so did other things I once enjoyed as a believer. I can imagine that not many Christ followers would be willing to admit that they have once felt this way and there are probably some feeling this way right now. If that is you, I want you to know that I see you and God honors your honest prayer to him asking for help in this area. No need of feeling ashamed of it, you are not alone. I think that we get here by not being honest that we have become bored with studying his word. It might be that you are ashamed to admit that you are feeling disconnected from the things of God. Your real raw feelings are accepted by Christ and the beauty is that he won’t leave you in that place.

           I want to share with you how to crush that feeling of mundanity towards reading the word of God.

1. Do it anyway. Regardless of how you feel, continue to pick up your Bible and study the word of God. I know it feels tough to do it when the enemy makes you feel disconnected from what you’re reading but, do it anyway. The more you keep doing it, the more that feeling will be challenged to leave you.
2. Pray. Pray and ask God to help you. Ask him to revive and renew your desire and hunger for his word.

3. Find a scripture each day to focus on, meditate on, and study for deeper understanding.

4. Don’t limit yourself to thinking it has to be early in the morning. You can play a particular chapter of the Bible on your phone while preparing for the day. You can then focus on one scripture from that reading throughout the day.

5. Study scriptures that will strengthen you in the season you are in.

6. Don’t be afraid to tell Jesus how you’re feeling about studying his word. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you areas or things that might be contributing to that feeling.

7. Last but never least, share with a safe person or leader in your church your struggles with studying the word. Ask them to pray with you. Be open to any suggestions they might offer.

     Please know that if you are wading through these feelings right now as I have been, God sees you. I wrestled with sharing this post because of shame. What I realize is that shame can rob you of freedom if you allow it. Shame also keeps you in the dark, when your freedom is in the light of God’s truth. The enemy knows that to know God’s word is to commune with God. It is in studying his word that we learn who he is and the promises he has in his word for us. If he can distract us with feelings of mundanity towards his word, he can eventually keep us from communing with God through his word. Keep studying the word. What we are feeling can never be compared to what we gain in studying his word. Thank you for being here. Take your shoes off, kick your feet up, relax your mind, stay a little while.

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