The Bible: Before, During, and After

6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written,

“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
    nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—

10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. (I Corinthians 2)

Yes, read your Bible.  But what if I don't understand it?  What if it is boring? What if I've already read it?  Because the Holy Spirit draws us and calls us to the Word of God.  Before one knows Christ and has received the Holy Spirit, the Bible can seem like nonsense, but God uses His word to convict, not confuse.  When one is struggling with the choice of whether to accept Christ or not, the Bible is able to convince, and not cave in to the lies of the one who is trying to steal the seed.  When we have known Christ as Savior for a year or fifty, each and every time we look, the Spirit shows us more, as He sanctifies us and draws us closer to Christ. Is it always easy? No. Do we always get instant gratification? Not.  But it is the investment that pays big time in our eternal well-being, helping us through daily life and the trials of life as we walk into eternal life.