Do You Read The Book?

“The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.” Isaiah 40:8

Presidents such as Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, and Woodrow Wilson were lifelong readers of the Bible. Today the Bible’s influence in our culture is in vivid contrast to the chronicles of early America. Legal rulings have attempted to coerce Christianity from the marketplace, greatly diminishing the Bible’s impact on society. However, we should not lay the entire blame on the bureaucratic shoulders of government or law. The Bible no longer dominates our culture because its convictions no longer form the moral foundation for our people.

Back in the early 90's, a USA Today poll stated that only eleven percent of Americans read the Bible daily. More than half read it less than once a month or not at all. The Barna Research Group showed that only eighteen percent of evangelical Christians read the Scriptures daily and that almost one in four professing Christians never read God’s Word.

Do you regularly digest Scripture? If not, remember that it is food for your soul and you will have little influence for Christ apart from its consistent intake.