Six Months In – Are You in the Word Yet?

We’re already halfway through 2025. Let that sink in for a moment. Time has flown, as it always does, and we now find ourselves at a significant threshold, a spiritual crossroads. Six months have passed, and six remain. This is not just a calendar milestone; it’s a divine checkpoint. A grace-filled opportunity to pause, reflect, and ask ourselves a bold and honest question: Have we truly anchored ourselves in God’s Word this year?

At the beginning of the year, many of us stood with fresh passion and vision. We declared 2025 would be different, more intentional, more fruitful, more God-honouring. Some made goals around physical health, financial growth, or family rhythms. And yes, many made spiritual commitments: to read more Scripture, pray more faithfully, and grow deeper in Christ. But now, here in the middle of the year, how’s it going really? As we reflect, one pursuit stands above all the others in eternal value – our pursuit of God’s Word.

What Did We Really Make Time For?

January is often fuelled by zeal. New reading plans are launched. Highlighters are uncapped. Bible apps are downloaded. There’s excitement in the air, as we imagine our lives transformed by consistent engagement with the Scriptures. But fast forward a few months, and the momentum slows. Life gets noisy. Distractions multiply. Responsibilities crowd in. And slowly, almost imperceptibly, our hunger for the Word is replaced by spiritual apathy, or simply fatigue.

If we’re honest, most of us don’t stop reading the Bible out of rebellion, we just drift. And yet, spiritual drift is just as dangerous as intentional neglect. If the Word of God hasn’t been the anchor of our days, we must ask: what has taken its place? Social media? News cycles? Work stress? Entertainment? The inputs of our daily life shape the outputs of our heart. And without the steady rhythm of Scripture, we become spiritually malnourished.

But even now, in this mid-year moment, the Spirit of God is calling. His whisper rises above the noise: “Come back to the Word. Come back to life. Come back to Me.” Because everything we need, wisdom, hope, direction, strength, flows from the living water of Scripture.

God’s Word Is Our Sustenance, Not a Supplement

There’s a subtle but dangerous trend in modern Christianity. We treat the Bible as a supplement rather than our sustenance. A spiritual multivitamin we pop when we’re feeling weak, rather than the daily bread that Jesus taught us to pray for. Yet the truth remains: we cannot live powerfully, joyfully, or fruitfully apart from God’s Word.

• We want spiritual authority, but we don’t want to be anchored in the Word.
• We want prophetic insight, but we don’t want to open the book of truth.
• We want peace, but we’re disconnected from the Prince of Peace’s voice.

No wonder our faith feels weak. You cannot have spiritual fruit without spiritual roots, and those roots are nourished only through regular, prayerful, Spirit-led immersion in the Bible.

“Christians who pray for power but neglect the Bible abound in the church. But the power that belongs to God is stored up in the great reservoir of His own Word, the Bible.” – R.A. Torrey

D.L. Moody, a man consumed by the fire of God, said it best:

• “The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation.”
• “The Bible will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from the Bible.”
• “I never saw a fruit-bearing Christian who was not a student of the Bible.”
• “So few grow, because so few study.”
• “If you get tired of the Word of God, you are out of communion with Him.”
• “When I pray, I talk to God, but when I read the Bible, God is talking to me.”

These are not motivational slogans; they’re warnings and invitations. Our spiritual strength, clarity, boldness, and joy are directly tied to our engagement with God’s Word. Without it, we wander. With it, we walk in power.

Five Pillars to Reignite Your Engagement with the Word

1. Meditate on the Word – Night and Day

Psalm 1:1–3 (NIV): “Blessed is the one… whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night… whatever they do prospers.”

The Message: “You’re a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit… never dropping a leaf, always in blossom.”

This isn’t casual reading, it’s a lifestyle of chewing on the Word, marinating in it, and allowing it to become part of our spiritual reflex. Biblical meditation is not about emptying your mind but filling your soul with truth. It’s about turning Scripture over in your heart, allowing it to shape your perspective throughout the day.

When you meditate on God’s Word, you begin to carry His truth into your moments of fear, decision-making, parenting, temptation, and leadership. Meditation fuels intimacy. It helps you hear God’s whispers in the middle of your chaos. It aligns your emotions with truth. It’s no surprise the Psalmist says those who meditate are like trees, unshakeable, ever-growing, fruitful in all seasons.

If you feel unstable, dry, or reactive, start here: slow down. Return to the Word. Meditate. Let your roots go deep.

2. Let the Word Live in You – Richly

Colossians 3:16 (NIV): “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…”

The Message: “Give it plenty of room in your lives…”

To dwell means to move in and take up permanent residence. But too often, we give the Bible a guest room when it should own the whole house. Paul calls us to let the Word live in us richly, not sparingly, not seasonally, not when it’s convenient. The Word should overflow into our words, shape our thoughts, and guide our behaviour.

This means building Scripture into our daily rhythm. Set reminders. Make space. Memorise verses. Journal what God reveals. Teach it to your children. Sing it. Pray it. Obey it. Let the Word echo in your home, your workplace, your inner life. Don’t let it be a background track. Make it the anthem of your days.

3. Scripture Came from God, Not Man

2 Peter 1:20–21 (NIV): “Prophets… spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

The Message: “No prophecy ever came from human initiative… It’s the Holy Spirit behind it all.”

The Bible isn’t folklore. It isn’t man-made ideology. It is divine truth – Spirit-breathed, Spirit-preserved, and Spirit-revealed. That’s why we can trust it, build our lives on it, and stake our eternity on it. God didn’t leave us in confusion. He gave us His Word, clear, faithful, and authoritative.

Every verse is inspired. Every line carries weight. And the same Spirit who inspired its writing is now present as we read. Ask the Spirit to open your eyes. To quicken your heart. To make the Word alive in your soul. Because it is not just words on a page, it’s the living voice of God.

4. All Scripture Is Still Relevant

2 Timothy 3:14–16 (NIV): “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful…”

The Message: “Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful… showing us truth… training us to live God’s way.”

The Bible is not outdated; it is eternal. Its wisdom transcends cultures, languages, and generations. Its insight addresses modern struggles with ancient authority. It doesn’t need to be updated, it needs to be unleashed.

Whether you’re navigating depression, parenting challenges, political tension, burnout, spiritual warfare, or leadership pressure, Scripture has something to say. The Word of God remains our greatest source of clarity in an age of confusion.

5. Don’t Just Hear It – Live It

James 1:21–25 (NIV): “Do not merely listen to the word… Do what it says.”

The Message: “Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror… and walk away forgetting.”

This is where transformation becomes tangible. Hearing the Word without applying it is like looking in the mirror and forgetting who you are. Scripture is a mirror, but it’s also a map. It shows us what needs to change and points us toward how to change it. But we must respond.

Delayed obedience is disobedience. When the Spirit speaks through the Word, our responsibility is to act, to forgive, to repent, to step out, to align. That’s where the breakthrough is. That’s where the freedom begins. The Word is not a theory to debate, it’s a life to be lived.

The Year Isn’t Over – But It’s Moving Fast

Six months gone. Six remain. You can’t rewrite the beginning of the year, but you can author the rest. The next six months are pregnant with potential. The invitation still stands: return to the Word. Return to Christ. Reignite your hunger.

• Don’t just own a Bible – open it.
• Don’t just read it – live it.
• Don’t just hear it – let it transform you.

This isn’t about guilt, it’s about grace. God isn’t interested in performance; He’s calling you into intimacy. So let July through December be marked by Scripture-fed days, Spirit-led moments, and obedience-shaped living.

Don’t wait for January. Let the turning point be now.