Start with one chapter, not the whole map. Ask what the passage says about God, then what it asks of you. John 3:16 is a doorway, not a finish line.
A quiet rhythm
Read slowly. Write one sentence. Pray it back. Psalm 23:1 keeps the heart from rushing. Romans 8:28 keeps it from despair when the week is heavy.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
That lamp is Psalm 119:105. Follow the reference into the Butfon Bible whenever a verse appears.