Daily Bible Verse

Christians are usually told to read daily bible verse, at least one verse a day. Not only read it, but we are also asked to make contemplations about those daily bible verse. It is fine as long as the verse we read do not contradict to another verse. But if we read the daily bible verse everyday, we will meet more possibilities to find that kind of case. Today we might be told to love our family. But tomorrow we might be told to leave our family to follow God.

Holy Bible has so many stories from different ages and places. Those stories make Holy Bible rich, but complicated. One verse can contradict the other. For instance, we know that God punished Israel because they were unfaithful to The Torah. On the other hand, Paul taught Christians that they were saved by their faith of God, instead of The Torah, like Abraham. So, which one is the truth?

Our Holy Bible tells about the journeys of faith. We can see the faith progression of God believers from Old Testament to New Testament. Those people used to do wars and crimes and they thought God was with them. But after facing their experiences, they slowly realized that God wanted them to do love. So we cannot just take one verse of Holy Bible, read it word by word, and make contemplation of it. It can cause misunderstanding and doubts.

Then, does it mean we cannot read daily bible verse? Or does the daily bible verse should have been left behind? Daily bible verse can give right understanding if we also read the context of the verse. If we know the situation, when and where did that verse was made, we may know the aim of the verse. So, we may know why and for what reason has that verse been made. Then, we can understand about the explanation of that daily bible verse. Eventually, we can make good contemplation of that verse without facing contradiction with the other verse.

We do not have to read whole Holy Bible if we just want to know about the context of our daily bible verse. There are so many books of daily bible verse which give explanation about the context of the daily verse. We just need to read the chapter of the daily bible verse, at least. For several situation, we need to be critical so that we can truly understand about what God want us to do exactly in our daily life.