The means for my journey

I'm in the middle of discovering wonders in "The Pursuit of God" by Aiden Tozer. And as I read through this paragraph:

"Paul confessed the mainspring (the driving or motivating force behind something) of his life to be his burning desire after Christ. 'That I may know Him,' was the goal of his heart, and to this he sacrificed everything. 'Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may win Christ.'"

The thought came. So simple, I might be the last person to think of it! Still, let me share my excitement. Imagine this: You're wanting to know God, to know His essence. And you look and take ahold of everything that can help you do that. You find books, great books of men and women who've known Him. They surely will have something to share with you that will be a treasure for your journey. And then you find 27 books, manuscripts, written by men that knew Him while He was on Earth and shortly after! These men write about Him, (How can you not after meeting Him?) and what they have to say is what you need, just what you need. And then there's 39 more, underneath the dust.

Sometimes I get extremely familiar with that Book, and I forget what it holds. I see pages and look at words, the names of the books that compose it are all too familiar to me. And I forget about the treasure. I read past things. So I'm beginning to wake to it, my need is awakening me. The Bible is not just the book I sang songs about as a kid, it is my. very. life. because it's my means to live, live fully. Anything else is not really living.