Bible In 90 Days – Day 1

Reading: Genesis 1:1 – Genesis 16:16

Take Away(s):

• The Christmas Story begins!  I read an article a while back (though for the life of me I can’t remember where) that talked about how the Christmas story actually started in Genesis with God setting in motion the reconciliation of Himself to His creation after the fall.  It was cool to have that in the back of my mind today as I read about creation, Adam & Eve, the fall, Noah, and the introduction of Abram and Sarai.
• The other observation was Cain’s interaction with God (4:9-16).  It just seemed so casual and irreverent.  When I first read it I was “wow…how inappropriate and cocky.”  As I scanned the reading a second time, I was pretty convicted.  How often I have a similar attitude with God about my sin and His plans.  Day One and I’ve already convicted by the Wrecking Ball (God)!

One of the benefits that the Bible in 90 Days program talks about is being able to read the bible in a shortened time frame so that all the interconnected details of God’s Word are seen and appreciated.  I am excited about this especially!

If you’re participating, what were your observations?

This summer at church, we are going through a program called The Bible in Ninety Days (BIND).  Starting June 7, and for the following ninety days, we will be reading through the entire Bible – in about 12 pages a day.

I’m pretty jazzed about this!  Reading through the Bible in such a way that the whole story – all the interconnected details of God’s amazing story of redemption – is clear and read in a time frame where I can appreciate it all the more. One of my additional goals is to post a “Daily BIND Nugget” on my blog to capture one of the “nuggets” from that day’s reading.

There is a song by Jill Phillips that I recently re-listened to that captures what I pray God will do in my life this summer reading through His Word in this intensive program.  The chorus goes:

Piece together these little mysteries
It isn’t hard to see the writing on the wall
Triumph and tragedy, only God can be
Both the builder and the wrecking ball

Jill Phillips (Wrecking Ball, from the Writing on The Wall CD)

I pray that I will appreciate all the more the truth of God’s Word AND that my heart will be soft and open to what he will do in me – both as the Builder and the Wrecking Ball.

The adventure starts on Sunday!