Whether you want to admit it or not, we all know reading the Bible is essential for a healthy relationship with God. I often hear Christians bring up how they don’t need to read the scriptures to have a relationship with God. To that I answer how there might be a real possibility their relationship with God is being severely hindered by the fact they haven’t absorbed themselves in the very book that is designed to serve as their rock of foundational truth. God has provided us with the means of truly having a flourishing relationship with Him by getting to see who He is and how He works, we just never pick up the book! At the end of the day, here’s the question you really need to be asking yourself. Is God the number one priority in your life? Do you seek Him? Do you want to get to know Him better? Do you want to go deeper in your relationship with Him? Have you gotten spiritually lazy or even worse, do you really even have a desire to pursue God? Addressing questions like this are the first steps to realizing if you’re ready to take God seriously or not. You have to make the decision of “Is God my top priority?” or “Is God somewhere in my top 10 priorities?”. Once you have decided and committed to make God the number one priority, there’s no better way to start your journey than by opening the very book He gave you to help you get to know Him.