All of Scripture

    Greetings to you in Jesus Christ the Lord.  I have been reminded of how important all of Scripture is to us.  I mean everybody has their favorite portions, books, or passages that they read frequently.  However, there are many parts of the Bible that I am sure go unread by most.  I understand this too.  I am currently working through a read the Bible in 90 days reading plan.  It is quite a bit of reading every day, and yet is still manageable even with a busy schedule.  So far I have impressed myself and kept up with it every day.  And I have realized that reading through it that fast has its pros and cons.  It has really helped me remember the whole over-arching story ling of the Old Testament.  Going through it that quickly, helps the details of kings and places stay fresh to grasp the time line better.  However, going through it that quick also causes me to miss a lot of the little details and not reflect on the individual verses and words as much.
    So as I have been reading through Leviticus, Numbers, and even some of 1 and 2 Kings or 1 and 2 Chronicles, I understand why some people don't read those passages or books more often. I laughed as I was reading through all the specific measurements of the tabernacle, because I realized this is basically a worded blue print.  I don't imagine any other blue print gets read again and again like Christians read that one.  There are so many genealogies, specific measurements, lists of names, and details that don't really mean that much for us as we read through it.  And yet at the same time, I am so glad God included that in His Word.  We are very fortunate to have these details so that as we try to imagine the tabernacle, we can imagine how big it really was, or we know how many people there were, etc.  Nevertheless, this doesn't change the fact that we still have our favorite parts that we turn to more often that others.
    My point is though that all of God's Word is still His Holy Word.  In the midst of Chronicles, which reads very similar to Kings, I learned something new I have never really picked up on before.  In Kings, it talks about King David wanting to build the temple for God.  However, God tells him it will be Solomon who will build the temple.  So then in Kings it talks about all the work and organization King Solomon does once he is king to build the temple for the Lord.  However, in Chronicles, it tells us all of the work King David did to prepare for Solomon to be ready to build the temple.  King David gets all of the supplies, all of the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, and the wood stored up and ready to go.  He instructs his fellow officers how it is to be built and how to help Solomon.  He does so much of the leg work to have everything ready for his son to be able to build this impressive temple for the house of God.  I did not get any of that as I read through Kings.  So see, even though Chronicles is a basic repeat of Kings, there is very valuable information in their.  This not only shows us how the young King Solomon was able to do this impressive task, it also teaches us how sincere David's heart was to do everything he could even when God wouldn't let him build it.  So yeah, there may be some long, boring, tedious parts, but all of it is God's inspired Word and all of it has value if we really take the time to study it, learn it, and wrestle with it.  So I encourage you all to open your Bibles, pick a book of the Bible you haven't read in a long time, and see how God's Word speaks to you as you read through it again.  Blessings in your time in God's Word!