This is my personal testimony. I was born into a Christian home and attended Sunday services from as early as I can remember. I found the “church” life quite agreeable. My highlight was Sunday School and the plays in which I was always the narrator. I was naturally drawn to looking after children, so I often spent my time during the service tending to babies outside. As I progressed from Sunday School to the Youth ministry, my interest in socialising on Sundays established its prominence over the desire to learn the Word. Moreover, I have continually encountered difficulty in prayer, so it was never an element of my life even when I yearned for it in the slightest. I often attempted to build a Bible reading habit but I couldn’t relate, the language was hard to grasp, and there were simply passages I read that had me shutting my Bible and fleeing in the opposite direction. To be honest, I was unable to perceive the Word as the literal life it is.

Fast forward to my late teens and well into my mid-twenties, I hit rock bottom – multiple times over. I didn’t like myself and the way I’d been living my life. I started to reflect. I realised I’d professed to be a believer of Christ all my life but I neither knew Him, spent time with Him, nor did my lifestyle emulate Him. I wanted my life to be rooted in Christ so I decided to start taking more intentional steps to have a personal relationship with God. It led me to making the commitment to read my Bible every single day of 2019 without fail. I invited others to join me on this #365Bible quest and we’ve been on this endeavour since . After all, when you commit to such a thing you can never do so with an intention to revert to the old, it becomes an ongoing transformation of your lifestyle.

It’s been a journey, I’ve had to continuously recommit to this call. There’s a transformation of mind, heart, and spirit unfolding that goes beyond perusing the Bible everyday and skipping less days – that is just a part of the initial commitment. I know no engagement with God is wasted so while I still have a lot of “missing pieces” I continue to endeavour to always be wholehearted in my seeking.

I admit that I haven’t yet acquired the absolute fullness that I’m pursuing, but I run with passion into his abundance so that I may reach the purpose for which Christ Jesus laid hold of me to make me his own. Philippians 3:12 TPT

Regardless of your current season and maturity in Christ, don’t be discouraged by the missing pieces – many as they may be. God knows exactly what you need and when you need it, so trust that as you wholeheartedly and diligently seek Him, He is revealing and equipping you with all you need at just the right moment, in the right dosage.