We are taught to obtain knowledge and retain it from a young age,but we are not always taught how to use that knowledge in everyday life.So listening to bible teaching and retaining that knowledge is often percieved as completion of the task the Lord has set us,but only by applying the word to our lives does it become a living part of our lives,changing our very nature and habits and alining us with Gods plan for our lives.I agree with Parakaleo,if we are comfortable reading our bible,we are reading it as a novel or text book not as a life manual.