School is back in session. The alarm clock sounds earlier than it has over the past several months.  We’re sipping more coffee than we have since late spring.  As the days get shorter and we transition into fall, the chaos of life seems to ramp up.

For some of us, getting back into normal rhythms of life welcomes back the structure we desperately need in our lives. For the rest of us, the transition back to full schedules brings the pressure of trying to seek the Lord with very limited time.

Sometimes We Need A Reset

What can we do to keep a fresh zeal for Christ and His Word? I’ve found that hyperfocusing on Christ can be a helpful reset to get us back on track as our free time becomes scarce.

It’s common for Christians to struggle with inconsistent Bible reading. We start a plan at the beginning of the year and get off to a good start, but by March or April we’re struggling to keep up and decide to try something different. Summer comes and goes, and by August we’re running on fumes. Even this late in the year, we’re still trying to develop a sense of structure for our devotional lives.

I have good news—especially for busy, distracted Christians and for those like me who have ADHD. We can tap into something that helps us go deeper into God’s Word: hyperfocus.

How to Hyperfocus

In the neurodivergent world of ADHD, hyperfocus is the ability to get intensely focused or absorbed in a task for extended periods of time.

People with ADHD are especially prone to getting into states of hyperfocus—especially when the activity or topic is novel, interesting, or engaging. But even those without an ADHD diagnosis can sometimes get so locked in on a task that they lose track of time. Hours pass without eating, drinking, or even using the bathroom. It happens with video games, binge-watching shows, or doing creative work. For me, it happens when I’m making music or writing songs.

Hyperfocus doesn’t always mean long hours in one sitting—it can also mean diving into something intensely for longer periods of time. We can get locked in on a topic and deep dive into it for months or even years. I’ve done this with hobbies like weather, theology, and various genres of music. I’ll study, read, watch, and learn everything I can during that period of time. During those times, I glean lots of knowledge, skills, and habits—some that are beneficial and some that aren’t.

Spiritual Hyperfocus Could Be Powerful

In Psalm 1, we read that the blessed man meditates on God’s Word day and night. There are two ways to understand “day and night” here. One is literal—meditate once during the day and once during the night. The other is the idea that we should meditate on God’s Word “all the time”. When we describe someone who works day and night, we are usually speaking of the work ethic of someone who works constantly. Either way, the psalmist is describing someone saturated in God’s Word—reading it, meditating on it, praying over it, and thinking about it constantly. We could even say he’s describing someone who is hyper-focused on God’s Word.

Any time we give our attention to one thing, we are focused to shift our focus from something else. The best multi-taskers in the world are actually just the best attention-shifters. They can move their attention back and forth quickly, but they can still only be attentive to one thing at a time.

What if we intentionally hyper-focused on God’s Word? What if we committed to shifting our attention away from the distractions that keep us from God’s Word at the same time? What if we devoted ourselves to stop mindlessly giving our attention to companies committed to keeping us locked-in on their products?

A 30-Day Hyperfocus Challenge

Consider yourself challenged. I want to challenge you to commit to 30 days of deep devotion to God and His Word.

Here are several options for how you could take this deep dive into God’s Word:

Read as much of the Bible as you can in 30 days. One way is to start in Genesis and see how much you can read in 30 days. My wife and I once read the Bible in 30 days—it was the best flyover we’ve ever experienced. It was challenging but deeply rewarding.

Read one book of the Bible as much as you can for 30 days. Pick one book of the Bible and read it over and over for 30 days. You could choose a short book like Colossians or James, or a longer one like Genesis or Isaiah. Read some in the morning, some at lunch, some in the evening—like you would a novel. When you finish, start over. You’ll become deeply familiar with that one book of the Bible, and it might stir you to go deeper in that book or choose another for a similar experience with God’s Word.

Read through one whole genre of Scripture. You could also focus on a genre of Scripture. For example, read through the Law (Genesis–Deuteronomy), wisdom literature (Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon), or the Gospels. The goal isn’t necessarily to finish but to immerse yourself in one genre to learn the motifs, contours, and elements of God’s big storyline.

Study a topic of interest. Another approach is to study a biblical theme or topic for 30 days. Pick something like the love of God and search for every related passage using Bible software or a concordance. Supplement your reading with books, podcasts, videos, and blogs. Saturate yourself in that topic for the entire month.

A Thirst Unquenched

At the end of 30 days, you’re not quitting Bible reading—you’re building momentum. You’re building a thirst for God’s Word that can’t be fully quenched. You’re giving yourself intense focus and devotion for a set time, then seeing how God uses it to shape your walk.

The Word of God is our treasure. It’s sweet like honey. Just as we feast on food, we also need to feast on Scripture. Just as people commit to a “30-day fix” for their diets, we can do a 30-day Bible fix for the health of our souls.

Choose one of these options. Commit to it for 30 days. Start today—whatever day it is! In 30 days, reflect on what God has done through His Word. Even if you don’t check the boxes perfectly in those 30 days, let a season of hyper-focused saturation fill your soul as we head into this busy season.