I was reading William Barclay’s commentary on Luke and came across this thought: “God’s inspiration does not come to those who sit with folded hands and lazy minds and only wait, but to those who think and seek and search. True inspiration comes when the searching mind joins with the revealing Spirit of God.”
This reminds me to ask myself as I study Scripture: Am I just filling in the blanks and checking off my God thing for the day, or am I thinking and searching.