 Reading the Word of God is like sitting down for a fine meal. You want to take your time with it. When you read the Word, don't rush it. Bible reading plans, for example, are good. But if you read the words just to check it off your list, and if you don't take the time to meditate on the Word, you're going through the motions of devotion but not receiving the full power of it. So instead of focusing on the statistics of your Bible reading, focus on the purpose. Don't read it to complete a task. Read it to fellowship with the Lord. These words are spirit and life. Better to read one chapter and understand it, receive it, and live it than to read 10 chapters and not think once about what you read. Meditation is repetition in thought, pondering. If reading the Word is eating the Word, then meditation is digestion, which allows you to receive all of the spiritual nutrients.