Quick Word

11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged 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.
Heb 4:11-12 (KJV)
This passage says there is life in the Word of God. John 1 says that Jesus is the word. The word is the way, the truth, and the life; the same as Jesus. He is the word made flesh that came to dwell with us and now in us through His Spirit. There is power in His word because it is truth and light. God's word is not empty; when it goes out it does not come back to us it accomplishes what it is intended to accomplish. As stated before God cannot lie. He is truth.
The verse above says that The Word is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. At times it is a mirror that allows us to look at ourselves and see where we are in our relationship with Jesus. That is what David is saying in psalm 118:105. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. If you look down at your feet you can see where you are. If there is a light on your path when you are in the dark it will show you the path you need to go to get to your destination. It is the same with God's word. You read His Word and you can see where you are in your walk. This same word serves a a light on the path that will lead to a closer relationship with God.
When we are confused and seem lost and do not know where to turn if, if in distress, bound by things in your life that don't see to want to let you go then look to God's word let Him show you where to go and how to get there. God Loves You.