By THE SPIRIT Paul wrote in Colossians chapter 3:
16 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.
The phrase “Word of Christ” appears only once in Scripture yet it is of critical importance in maturing toward perfection. In order for the “Word of Christ” to dwell in us, it must first enter in and that is done by our decision to accept HIS Word and live by it. To dwell means to take up residence and remain there. The Living Word must enter in and remain in our hearts in order to be rich in all of FATHER’S Wisdom. We should not expect to become mature if we don’t allow FATHER’S Word to become central to our being.
We all want to be rich in Wisdom and Paul discloses the mystery which will allow us to access this Wisdom: Let the Word of Christ continually dwell in our hearts. This will allow us to effectively teach, instruct, and reveal solutions to the issues and challenges we face. The word admonish means to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner. How can we appropriately warn others if we don’t have the Living Word in us? A warning should also have the alternative to the current path the person is on. If we tell a person to stop something, we should encourage the person to go in a different direction as Wisdom directs.
A Spiritual Song has an eternal nature about it. We are “wired” to remember songs over time. Having played in a band in my youth, I can still pick up a guitar and play many of the songs we learned. When words are wrapped in music, they stand the test of time. The Song of Moses (Exodus 15) was given to recall the deliverance and victory by FATHER over the Egyptians.
In the Revelation of Jesus Christ the Song of Moses is sung in chapter 15:
2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.
3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying:
“Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are Your ways,
O King of the saints!
4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are holy.
For all nations shall come and worship before You,
For Your judgments have been manifested.”
Let the Word of Christ dwell in our hearts and let us sing the song of victory as chaos is overcome by FATHER’S judgments. We are quickly approaching a point in time of a major change on earth. Let us sing unto FATHER with a grateful heart. Let every heartbeat be a testimony to HIS Love expressed in us. Let every heartbeat move us toward the intimacy only found IN HIM. Let no heartbeat be wasted by walking in the flesh any longer but instead let us sing Spiritual songs unto HIM expressing our praise and gratitude in all areas of our lives. Let the fullness of the Word of Christ be found dwelling within us producing good fruit for those around us to eat.