In James 1:21, James says we are to humbly receive the the word God has planted in us. I love that word "receive." It could also be rendered "welcome" (as in the ISV). For 49 years now, I've had this sign (or one just like it) on my office door.
The message I want to convey to my students is that they are always welcome in my office. That's why my office door is never closed. It's always open unless I'm in a meeting with someone. Students are not an interruption or an inconvenience to me. They never have been. They are the reason I'm here.
Now let's shift the setting to your daily Bible study. Think of it this way. Every time you open your Bible, you are placing a welcome mat before your heart.
That word for "welcome" in Greek is dripping with hospitality. It's saying, "Come on in. Don't bother to knock. I invite you to look over any sin or shortcoming in my life that you see." You're saying to the Lord, "Lord, I welcome you to come into my life in any area you wish to address. I invite you to do so. I am here in your presence as an open book."
Friend, I want to suggest that you change your habits when reading the Bible. Decide today that for the rest of your life, each time you open God's word you're not just going to go through the motions of reading the Bible. No. It's going to make a difference in the way you think, how you react, how you treat other people. The truth is now going to penetrate because you're now dissatisfied with the separation between you and what you know to be right.
If you do this, God will very graciously begin to lead you and change you in ways you could have never imagined.
Have a wonderful day!