Transformation and Growth

I had written this quote down in a notebook some time ago, and I had wished I had written who wrote it. Anyways, it encouraged me today and maybe it will encourage someone else too. We must not forget how life transforming God's Word is!!!
~If you see it as the vessel that holds the deep mysteries of God, the key that opens life's secret ways, it will have amazing transforming power. The Word of God could do no less! It breathes life into dead souls and causes all that was stale and stagnant with in us to flourish.~
It's easy to look at God's Word and want it to change our circumstances. It's easy to look at God's Word and want it to change someone else. But how many times do we actually read it to change "us". Not a mental ascent, as if we think so are we, but a true life change from the inside out. We must surrender our hearts to the Lord and His Spirit, for it is He that brings about the transformation in our lives. It's silly to think we make a checklist, apply certain steps, and voila were there! It's foolish to think that we take a lot of human philosophy and a little of God's Word mixed in, and think that we will bring about a lasting change in our lives!
God's Word is living and active and sharper than a two edged sword, and it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart (Hebrews 4:12) . God's Word cuts straight to the root of any issue in our lives! Why try to peel back the layers in our heart when His Word cuts straight through our hearts!!! His Word will show us our selfishness, jealousy, pride, bitterness, and blindness of our own souls! His Word will pour out an unconditional love that heals the, spirit, soul and body. What else could do that or who else!?!?!?

Father, please create in me a deep deep hunger for Your Word. May Your Spirit open up my eyes as I read it. May Your Spirit bring about transformation in me. May my life reflect You and Your Word.