Personal Bible study and the corporate attendance of the preaching of the Word of God are highlights and matchless joys for Christians. There is something truly special, even divine, about the reality of learning the Scriptures.
However, sometimes I have found myself slipping into the mindset that my study or sermon listening is just to pile on more information. When I do this I completely forget the surgery that the Word of God is intended to do upon my own heart. The Word is like fire, like a hammer that shatters hard rocks like my heart (Jer. 23.29). It is to be received and valued in the heart, producing sanctification (Ps. 119.11). The Word is a sharp sword that cuts deep and reveals my hidden motives (Heb. 4.12).
I can tell when I fall into this type of fallen thinking based upon my approach to study and preaching. 
There are two ways to think about time in the word, either standing up in the observation deck or laying on my back under the knife.
If I am standing up in the observation deck I am looking to be entertained, amused, and perhaps catered to. Sure I may learn something but there will be no change internally.
If I am under the knife then I, admittedly, have a problem. I need attention. My heart is being dissected by the scalpel of the Word by the Master Surgeon. When this is happening the idol of knowledge is likewise being smashed and shattered.
My challenge to you is to view your personal and corporate time in the Word as a time of surgery. You are in for some serious work.