Speak It!

Let the [spoken] word of Christ have its home within you [dwelling in your heart and mind--permeating every aspect of your being] as you teach [spiritual things] and admonish and train one another with all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. COLOSSIANS 3:16 AMP

The Life of the Word is in its application. It does not matter how much of the written Word you can commit to memory; it will definitely matter when it is time to make a demand on what you have stored up. Does the Word of God have a home in my heart? Have I given it permanent residence? What you give room to will eventually take over your life, so be careful about the choices you make today.

The admonition today is to give room to the Word to take over. The Word is to be the daily, regular food of my life, not an occasional event. The Word must be a daily investment, because it is the Word that upholds when everything else is falling to pieces, it is the Word that sustains when all other things are crumbling. The Word is the substance of my walk with God, as there is nothing I can do that will be accepted by God, if done outside of the Word.

Faith, the basic ingredient of walking with God, is founded on the Word of God. You cannot teach Truth outside of the One the Word refers to as 'the Truth'. You cannot have true joy without the inner witness of the Holy Spirit. Peace that passes all human understanding, even in the face of the most distressing circumstances, is made possible only in God. Grace is a fundamental message about God, and understanding where I stand is a function of the God I know. No man truly knows God or walks with God daily without a daily dose of the Word of God.

How else does a man know God, if s/he does not know, read, understand and apply the manual of life? Note that from today's extract, nothing is said about degrees, connections, ability, capacity and capabilities. None of these will matter in the grand scheme of things. All that you need is a home for God's Word in your life. The benefits of that relationship are eternal. His time of favour is here.