Have you ever opened your Bible looking for an answer and discovered that God wanted to work on your heart? 

Good morning, my friend! 

Hebrews 4:12 says, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” 

That word “quick” means alive. God’s Word is alive and powerful, and it speaks into the everyday places where you and I live. 

It reaches beneath the smile we put on for everybody else. It uncovers the motives we sometimes struggle to admit, even to ourselves. 

And, my friend, that is a good thing. We cannot surrender what we refuse to acknowledge. 

Sometimes Scripture comforts us. Sometimes it corrects us. Sometimes a verse we have read a hundred times stops us in our tracks because we finally recognize something that needs to change. 

Maybe it is an attitude we have been defending, a grudge we have been carrying, or a step of obedience we have been putting off. 

God loves us enough to speak truth into those places. 

So today, open your Bible with this simple prayer: “Lord, show me what I need to see, and help me respond with obedience.” 

Read a few verses slowly. Give them your attention. Then put what you learn into practice.