The Bible

As you read this I believe the majority of you have a love for the Bible. As a Christian I have the responsibility to read and study the Bible. I often read the Bible as a kid (mostly because my father, a pastor, made me)but I never really got a lot out of it. I would skim the pages in search of something for me, for then the moment. I used to think the Bible was boring and not interesting.
Now that I am an adult and I'd like to think more mature, whenever I read the Bible I read it because it is the word of God. I don't read it looking for a message or to see what God has for me now, in the moment but I read it simple because it is the Word of God. The Bible is inspired by God and I know that as Christians we often complain when we haven't heard God in awhile. I have complained that God has been silent in times when I have needed Him but what I didn't realize or fully understand is that there is an entire book full of the words of God. Those words are relevant and can speak to you in any circumstance. All I need to do is study them, read them, and do them. If the Bible is inspired by God then I should be reading the Bible for direction and growth. Of course God can speak outside the Bible but lets not forget the 1000s of years that God has spent putting together His word in one book for the benefit of us His followers.
I read the Bible today not to see what God has for me but simply because I want to hear His voice. To listen to His word and to spend time with Him. I want to read the Bible because it's inspired by God who created the world, all living beings. Who wouldn't want to read a book created by the creator of all things. He authored everything else so why not read the Bible. Their is a grand and exciting story in the Bible and I pray that I myself and all of you would have a larger passion for the word of God.