There's a difference between hearing or reading something and actually treasuring it. When you get your mail and there's just a lot of bills, you don't treasure them. You pay them, and then you throw them away. 

But when you get love letters, you treasure them. It's very different than just receiving them.

In Psalm 19:7-11, David lists the benefits of knowing the Word of God, and he concluded, "More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb" (v. 10).

Jesus said, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" (Matthew 6:21). You may be thinking, "Okay, I agree with all this. But I still have trouble doing it."

So here are some helpful hints.

Number one, pray. If you don't feel like reading the Bible, ask God to give you the desire to read His Word. The Bible says God will "give you the desires of your heart" (Psalm 37:4).

And pray for understanding when you read something you find confusing. David said, "Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law" (Psalm 119:18). That's a prayer I say every time I open the Book.

Number two, just begin. If you discipline yourself to do it—and continue to do it—it will become spiritual muscle memory.  To desire it. Your discipline will lead to desire. Eventually, you won't be able to live without it. You'll delight in it.

And when you read it out of love and obedience rather than obligation, your life and relationship with Christ will be completely transformed.

Number three: Have a plan. Bible-reading plans are everywhere. Find one that interests you. It'll give you a roadmap to help you engage consistently with Scripture.

Number four, get a real Bible—not the one on your phone—so you begin to remember where to find certain passages. And get a Bible that you understand. Open three or four of them, read a section that you know in each, and see which speaks to your heart.

And number five, read it with someone else. Read and discuss the Bible in community. Personal quiet time with the Lord is essential, and we all need to have our own. But you will grow exponentially when you read Scripture with someone else, discuss it, and learn how other people apply it.

As one familiar saying often attributed to John Bunyan puts it, "This book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this book." And David wrote in Psalm 119:11, "Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You."

What if we were to treat our Bibles the way we treat our phones? What if it was the first thing we looked at in the morning, and the last thing at night? What if, during the day, several times, we picked it up?