Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing
one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your
hearts to the Lord. – Colossians 3.16
The character of a home is determined by the people
who live there. That is pretty obvious. A house is just a house; it is the
dwellers who make it a home. The whole atmosphere of a home depends on the
family living there. I love going into a home like we visited last night when
the family is open and welcoming and hospitable. It is a pleasure to be in a
home like that, no matter what the physical condition of the house.
Our lives are like that in a way. Lives are just lives;
the state of those lives depends on who is living there. Our lives as believers
are going to reflect who or what lives in us. Our lives don’t
depend on our skin colour or background or ethnicity or gender or any of those
kinds of things. What matters is whether or not the word of God or something
else dwells in our hearts.
If we allow sin and selfishness and sensuality to
dwell in our lives it is going to be reflected in our attitudes and reactions.
But if the word of God dwells there it too is going to
be reflected in our attitudes and reactions. If the word of God dwell sin our
lives we respond to the highs and lows and ups and downs in a Christ honouring
way. The word of God, not the media or politics or our agendas or anything else, dictates our lives.
Do our lives reflect that the word of God is dwelling
within?
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