There are many reasons why reading Scripture can be difficult. The mere act of opening your Bible in a world of busyness and distractions can be a struggle. Even when we do read a passage, we may be too preoccupied or exhausted to remember what we read. Other times, we read passages and they feel completely irrelevant (hello, Leviticus!), or we are overly familiar with a passage, so it feels stale. Whether it is our lack of discipline, misplaced priorities, or short attention spans, it is hard to know how to approach Scripture meaningfully even when we know it’s good for us.
There is another reason why reading Scripture can be difficult: The words we read can feel untrue. How many times have we read a passage of Scripture and had no idea how to make sense of it—not because it was hard to understand theologically or the language was confusing—but because it seemed to directly contradict our life circumstances? It left us wondering, “Does God keep his promises?”
Recently, I spent a few days reading and re-reading Psalm 23. This is a passage where there is a risk that my familiarity with it will make my eyes and heart
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