Use that razor, girl!
OK….it is full-fledged shorts weather here in Iowa. Time to break out that razor and give those winter legs a good shave.
As I was tackling those last stubborn hairs that just don’t seem to want to get OFF, I thought about how God’s Word compares itself to the sharpest razor.
“For the Word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife, cutting deep into our innermost thoughts and desires. It exposes us for what we really are. Nothing in all creation can hide from Him. Everything is naked and exposed before His eyes.” Hebrews 4:12-13 NLT
Have you ever tried to shave with a dull razor?
I don’t know about you, but my legs tend to end up looking like this. Not a pretty picture. 
My razor HAS to be sharp to effectively shave my body WITHOUT leaving little cuts and wounds. God’s Word has to be sharp to effectively reach those areas that we tend to hide away…..pretending they don’t exist…..hiding from the truth. The NIV puts it this way, “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
It gets in there! “Dividing between joints and marrow.” No hiding from His Word. It penetrates our very being. It searches our motives and intentions.
Why?
It has power to CHANGE us.
It refines us.
Grows us.
Frees us.
Softens us.
Convicts us.
Encourages us.
God’s Word is ALIVE and ACTIVE and WORKS within us!
And, I have found that it is ONLY His Word that cuts cleanly without cutting me. When I try to follow MY word or the WORLD’S words, I find myself with a cut-up spirit, full of band-aids. Kind of like using a dull razor.
Lord, thank You for Your Word that PENETRATES deep within me. Thank You that even when I try to hide from you (and myself), Your Word gets right in where it needs to go. Give me a spirit of wisdom and revelation so that I might know You better and open the eyes of my understanding to fully comprehend what You are teaching me. Lord, I believe that Your Word is ALIVE and ACTIVE in me! Thank You, Lord! In Jesus’ Name we pray. AMEN!
So, pick up your “razor”, the beautiful Word of God…..and join me sometime at my personal blog, 
Amen my friend.
That is good, giggles, have a great day, and fun in the sun. Hugs Barbara
Amen! What a great reminder to follow His word alone…
Good word – reminds me too how some times people in your life are like sandpaper – Sandpaper people are those we usually want to discard from our life, but we need them. They smooth out the rough spots of our personality and walk with the Lord
Tracy–what a great post! I read the verse with a fresh eye on this– “it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
That’s where I am….allowing Him to judge–work Himself through me thoroughly…over and over–so that there is no hint of me left…only Him.
I loved this..thank you so much for your obedient heart to share what HE gives you!
Tracy, That prayer says it all for me.
It doesn’t feel good sometimes when we’re going through that refinement stage, but I’d rather be pleasing and acceptable to God any day.
If (when) it takes the Word of God to do that, then so be it. I know that all along, unlike me and the world, God always love me!
And think how beautiful we will be without the dull razor cuts! God’s Word is the best beauty treatment…
Thanks for your fun and truthful post!
So true- God has been working that way in my life lately. Digging deep within my heart, working and changing me.
Sorry about the legs
You are right, Tracy – His Word is alive and active. I find much hope in His Word and it helps me to know Him better.
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with us.
Oh this was great! Some times His Word cuts to the core of my heart. Och! Hopefully the next time you shave it will not leave so many cuts! LOL…