Everyone knows that fast food isn't a good idea when you're trying to get healthy.
Spiritual fast food presents the same challenge. Long-term spiritual growth isn't produced by a quick glance at the Bible on our way of the door. When I was a teenager, Pastor Jim Cook of International Baptist Church in Honolulu told his "preacher boys" (there were about 7 of us) that skimming the surface of the Scripture only makes for shallow Christians. God longs for us to dig deeper, he said, so that we can find out what he may by saying to us in the midst of our busy lives. I have now lived long enough to realize the truth of those words. It's not that I'm against rapid reading. I am, however, against superficial, mindless reading that doesn't prompt us to think about what we're reading.
The Bible has exactly zero percentage of junk food. Rather, it provides an enormous amount of healthy nutrition. To tap into it may require us to change up our reading habits a bit.
Have a safe and warm Sunday!
