Many of us are beginning the new year with a resolve to read the Bible more faithfully and diligently than we did in 2012. Here are some thoughts that ought to make our reading more fruitful. Too much "clutter" can choke the Word, making us less obedient and faithful ("the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches"--Matt. 13:22). Do you have too many things--debt, distractions, obligations--for the really important things in life? Remember the "one thing" passages of the Bible:
"One thing you lack....sell whatever you have...and follow Me" (Mark 10:21).
"One thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that" (Luke 10:41-42).
"One thing....I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God" (Phil. 3:13-14).
Are you doing the one thing needed to spend time with God's Word, or is your life cluttered with so many trivial pursuits and urgent trifles that you can't get around to doing that "one thing"?
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