This morning the Holy Spirit spoke a word through me from Colossians.3 that came through clearly in my view and captivated my whole being. The Holy Spirit has many ways in which He conveys messages to us to get our attention on what really matters and ensures that we are keeping up with Him and not lagging back.

The Holy Spirit is such a perfect mentor who knows exactly what we need when we need it and more importantly has the power available to make what is needed available for us in an instant to manifest glory for our benefit.

Thank you Jesus for the indescribable gift of the Holy Spirit to be the support, help and aid we need to succeed in life. He makes us productive for the glory of Jesus.

Let us look at the scripture the Holy Spirit quickened to me from Colossians.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.

You say well I know Christ dwells or lives in me so what is new and special about that? I will explain to you what the Holy Spirit wanted to further enlarge of the truth in me about the word of the Lord. We first of all see that we have the responsibility of giving permission to the word of Christ to dwell in us.

How we choose to see or interpret the word of the Lord and apply it to our lives will determine how it will impact us. Mark.4:24 & 25. You could say let the word of Christ dwell poorly in you in foolishness, complaining, and negative words.

That would just cause you harm and affect others negatively which will bring disrepute to Jesus’ name. Unfortunately we see so much of that in the lives of believers who refuse to engage faith in listening to the word. Hebrews.4:2.

It is our choice to let the word of Christ dwell richly in us by our diligence in confessing that word continually. Our meditating on it over and over again is necessary till it actually starts dwelling, living and breathing in and through us.

The Holy Spirit reminder is to awaken us back to increasing our confession and meditation on the word which gives Him more room and scope in us to perform the word of Christ in our lives. We need to deny ourselves daily, not just weekly or monthly. We need to purposely take up our cross ( by putting down our thoughts, opinions, experiences, failures) and follow Jesus. You cannot follow Jesus by leading Him and directing the path forward.

“How we respond to the word of Christ in us today will determine how much that word will live, work and abide in us for this day.”

“We need to allow the word of Christ to richly impact our lives. We need to receive it as rich and more valuable than our daily food and clothing needs. We must pursue it more faithfully than resources for ourselves.”

Remember that Jesus said we should take heed of how we hear the word, because the measure we use will be measured back to us, meaning that the value we place on it will determine how much it will benefit us. If we don’t allow it to influence our decisions daily it will not change things for us.

“We are the determiners of how much the word of Christ will benefit us.”Mark.4:24.

So if you are unhappy with your results then change the way you see and value the Word of Christ in your individual life. Repent then start to do what is necessary by your confession and meditation on the word to increase its potency and efficacy in you.

The Holy Spirit will not force the word of Christ on you, but He can guide you, lead you if you will, to the pertinent word to bring you through to triumph in any given situation. However if you will not follow Him, He will not make it happen for you without your consent, agreement and cooperation. You will receive what you expect and want from hearing it. Matthew.8:8.

I am conscious that the Holy Spirit was wanting me to up my confessions and meditation on the Word of Christ to me today. This is because there is a spiritual place of strength required for me to be able to overcome the attacks present to have maximum benefits of what the Lord wants to accomplish through me today.

This season requires the strength of the word of Christ richly dwelling, residing in me. This means there is no conflict with the Holy Spirit in the execution of the word working for me to accomplish the miraculous He planned and purposed for me to do for the glory of His name.

You know it does take courage to obey instructions the Holy Spirit requests us to do because they are above human ability.

The phrase God gave Joshua in his commission was to only be strong and courageous. Joshua.1:7. Well the Lord had already pointed out to Joshua previously that meditation day and night on His word would achieve that strength in Joshua. This action of meditation would enable him to observe what to do as the word of Christ took hold within him richly.

“This process of daily allowing or permitting the word of Christ to dwell, reside and abide in you richly will always determine what the Holy Spirit will be able to accomplish through you for Jesus on any occasion in life.”

My prayer for you today is that as you hear these words and take them to heart, grace through them will propel you to richly value the worth of what Christ spoke beyond anything that you knew or understood before and make you a recipient of the non ending Might of the power of the Most High to work out extraordinary signs, wonders and miracles on your behalf to glorify Jesus and His name in your life.

I will deal with the other aspects of this word in future posts so the full benefit of the word of the Lord will be available to you. This will enable you to experience all of its supernatural workings of the Holy Spirit as a reality in your daily lives.

You will then be the recipient of all the richness the Holy Spirit wants and desires you to experience in Jesus name. Amen.