Dwelling Richly

After posting "Sowing Kingdom Seeds," I had the phrase,"...and let the word of Christ dwell in you richly," thick in my mind... so here is the train of thought that came together:
 
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  JOHN 1:1

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.  JOHN 1:14

To dwell... is to tent or encamp,
to occupy, or specifically to reside.

When you take up residence in a house, apartment, condo - - you make it your own.  You organize and decorate it in such a way that it reflects who you are.  

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.  Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.  And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.  COLOSSIANS 3:15-17

Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly...

When reading Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby a few years ago,
he posed a couple contrasts that really made me think... 

Believing IN God - - AND - - Believing God

Knowing ABOUT God - - AND - - Knowing God

In reading the Parable of the Sower (Mark 1-20), I was struck by the simplicity...The farmer sows the Word and some seed fell on good soil were people who heard the word, accepted it, and produced a crop, some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.  

We each have only one live to be lived.

Is there room in your life for the Word of Christ to dwell richly?

Are you taking in God's grace in His Word each day
SO THAT you can sow it into the lives of others?

Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly...