Word of God

I was thinking about the Bible this morning. For some reason, I always have trouble reading it. I don't mean that it's hard for me when I'm reading, but it's hard for me to get myself to read it very often. I'm so much more willing to read books about the Bible or about Christianity, but the Bible itself...

I also thought of how much I want to know God. Not about Him, but Him. And I have often prayed in the past to hear God, to be close to Him. Well, what about His Word? The Bible is God's Word to man, His revelation to us. Why do I want to have some direct revelation to myself when there's such a vast store in the Book which He gave us.

I'm sure it's my old nature, my Adam, that's keeping me from it. Because, as with other things, I know I've this great desire to do it, and at the same time something which keeps me from it. I'm sure this is what Paul was talking about when he said, "I do not do the good I want."