Have you ever opened your Bible, hit a chapter full of names, measurements, or mildew laws… and thought, Lord, what am I supposed to do with this?

Leviticus 13.
Numbers 7.
1 Chronicles 1 through 9.

You start strong in Genesis. You’re cruising through Exodus. And then suddenly you’re knee-deep in skin diseases and fabric contamination.

And it feels dry.

But here’s the question:
Is the Word dry — or are we?

Because Scripture says,

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable…”
— 2 Timothy 3:16

Not some Scripture.
All Scripture.

So if it feels lifeless, something deeper may be happening.

1. Dry Places Test Desire

When you hit a genealogy, you don’t feel emotional fireworks. You feel discipline.

God did not write the Bible merely to entertain us. He wrote it to form us.

Anyone can read when it’s dramatic.
It takes hunger to read when it’s detailed.

Sometimes dryness reveals whether we are pursuing God for thrill or for truth.

2. Dry Chapters Reveal Hidden Depth

Take those long genealogies.

They are not filler. They are faithfulness.

Every name represents a preserved promise. Through exile, famine, war, captivity — God kept the line intact. When you read a list of names, you are reading proof that God keeps covenant across generations.

Numbers 7 repeats the same offering twelve times. Why? Because every tribe mattered equally. No tribe got summarized. No tribe got skipped. God records every act of devotion.

What feels repetitive to us is remembrance to Him.

3. Dryness Can Be Training

If you only drink when you feel thirsty, you will eventually dehydrate.

There are seasons when Scripture leaps off the page.
There are seasons when it feels like chewing sand.

But those quiet, steady readings build roots.

Psalm 1 says the blessed man is like a tree planted by rivers of water. Trees do not grow overnight. They grow slowly, quietly, beneath the surface.

Sometimes the driest chapters are developing the deepest roots.

4. Even the Measurements Matter

Ezekiel 40 through 48 describes temple dimensions in detail.

Why would God devote chapters to measurements?

Because He is a God of order. Precision. Intention. Nothing in His kingdom is random. If He measures walls, He certainly measures your tears.

If He records names we cannot pronounce, He certainly remembers yours.

So what do we do when reading feels dry?

We stay.

We keep turning pages.

We trust that even when we do not feel stirred, we are being shaped.

Because the Word is never dry.

Sometimes it is digging wells deeper than emotion can reach.

And one day you will realize something.

The chapters you once skipped
were quietly anchoring your faith.