One of the greatest needs, but most difficult disciplines to establish in the Christian life, is the habit of daily Bible study. I once read what Leland Wang, a dedicated Chinese Christian, said helped him develop this discipline. He wrote:
1. Carrying a Bible or New Testament in my pocket wherever I go. Verses can be read in spare moments. I always have the word of God within easy reach.
2. Establishing my motto. I have lived by "No Bible, No breakfast" for 44 years; not as a law to bind me, but as a motto to remind me. For "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
3. Having a plan. I read 10 chapters daily: two each in the Old and New Testaments, plus five in Psalms and one in Proverbs. This way one can finish the Old Testament once a year, the New Testament three times a year, and Psalms and Proverbs once a month.
Wang explained that the Psalms taught him how to deal with God and Proverbs taught him to deal with people. There are 31 chapters in Proverbs and he used that book as a calendar. "I have no trouble remembering dates," he added.
God intends that his word be a lamp onto our feet and a light unto our path. Let us then discipline ourselves to read it daily.