"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." The Hebrews writer reminds the Hebrew Christians about the faithless disobedience of the exodus generation of Israel. Faithless disobedience does not go unnoticed by God. The Word of God acts as God Himself to expose one's innermost thoughts and intentions. God's Word is like an x-ray that can penetrate a solid object and take images of the inside of the object. So we cannot hide any thought or motive from God's x-ray vision. God sees what is on the inside and we are accountable to God for not only our actions and behavior, but for the motives and intentions influencing our behavior. Therefore, let us constantly examine ourselves by letting God's Word penetrate our hearts and minds so that pleasing God becomes our primary motivation.
