I think the first danger might be that we stop with that kind of reading and never progress further. Remember what we said yesterday about keeping a journal? That journal should lead you to a more complete study, the kind that involves analysis, noting repeated words and phrases, looking up word meanings, making charts and lists and perhaps pulling out a few reference books. Stopping with simple devotional reading is like stopping the meal after the appetizer. It will also keep you firmly in the "milk" zone rather moving on to the meat. (Pardon my mixed metaphors, at least they are all food!)
Another danger is that your reading will become a mere mechanical habit. Instead of reading slowly and stopping occasionally to consider a point or make a note to pursue later, it can easily turn into, "Read my Bible today—check!" God's Word is precious. Don't ever treat it like your toothbrush.
A final danger is that our "Me" culture can easily get in the way. When all I want is something that "resonates" with me, that makes me feel good, that brings a tear to my eye or makes the hair stand up on my head, my Bible reading has become about Me instead of the God I worship; about what I like, not what He says and I need to hear. All of us need a challenge occasionally, or even a good swift (verbal) kick once in a while. I need to read those too, and I must not make my likes and dislikes cause me to avoid certain parts of God's Word.
As we discussed yesterday, devotional reading can be a good and helpful part of our lives as Christians. Just be aware that, as always, Satan knows how to take even the good and twist it into something bad. Even he quoted the Word of God.
If you would like to hear the podcast, you can find it easily. On Facebook search for "Working with the Word." Go to that page and look for the post that has my name on it. Click on that link and it will take you straight to my interview. I can't say it's perfect by any means. Most of these last two articles are things I wish I had said! But maybe you will learn some other things and will find this podcast something you might like to listen to in the future. In fact, you can search their Facebook page while you are there for other subjects you might be interested in and listen to them. I am sure that Emerson Brown and Jeff O'Rear would appreciate your support.
They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading…They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading (Neh 8:8,12). Dene Ward