Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. – 1 Timothy 4:15
Don’t be casual about the Word of God. Give yourself to it, and it will give itself back to you in ways you can hardly imagine.
Amazing promises will suddenly be activated in your life eg:
But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted! – John 15:7
A promise that is activated by you deciding to put in painstaking effort in the way you study the Word.
Give yourself to it and it will give itself back to you.