Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly. Colossians 3:16
Let the Word of God be the honored, welcome guest of your life. Let the Word live with you and remain in you. Don’t have a passing brush with the Word of Christ.
The Word of God can dwell in the life of a Christian believer in different degrees. Let there be plenty of the Word in your life. Give the Word an honored and prominent place in your life.
The book of Hebrews describes people in whom the Word does not dwell richly: “Though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child” (Heb. 5:12-13).
The word of God is like seed scattered by a sower. The same seed yields very different results. In some lives the seed is snatched away, like seed sitting on the surface of the path. In other lives the seed gets choked by the desire for other things. You want to be a Christian, but other things are bigger in your life. They have your heart and your attention. The word grows in your life, but it gets choked, and very little comes of it.
Still, in others, the seed produces a bumper harvest. It can be 30, 60, or even 100-fold, depending on how richly the Word dwells in you. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly. It will bring spiritual life. It will sustain spiritual strength. It will produce spiritual growth.
Is the Word of Christ dwelling richly in you? Which step do you need to take? 1) Be more consistent in your Sunday worship? 2) Join a Bible study centered in the Word of Christ? 3) Establish a pattern of daily Bible reading and prayer?
