One of the most fascinating things to me when I read the Bible is that most every time I pick it up I read what appears to be something new. Now, I have read through the Bible before so I have read every chapter and verse before. What is so great is that as I get older the truths of scripture become more real. More alive. I as grow as a Christian and I mature in Christ, I find not that the Word has changed but my relationship to the Word is changing. Now  isn't that the way all relationships are? Yes I call it a relationship because the Bible says Jesus is the Word. To be a Christian one must have a relationship with Jesus. That relationship grows as we read and study our Bibles. As we read and study we get to know our God in a greater way. In comparison the longer I am with my wife the better I get to know her. If I take the time to nurture our relationship as husband and wife, we will have the benefit of deeply understanding each other. It is in this same way that the Bible becomes alive. Foundational to our relationship with Jesus is our reading of the Bible. Jesus becomes alive in our life more and more as we read. As the Holy Spirit teaches us more and more about Jesus our love for Him and His word increases. That is His promise to us.

So if you are finding that your relationship is not what it once was with Jesus, I would venture to say your reading of the Bible has probably become less.