Episode Transcript
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[00:00:12] Welcome to another edition of the Weekday Podcast. My name is Bobby. Super grateful you're here today. All week long we've been carrying out a theme so you can definitely jump into today. But if you missed any of this week, go back to weekdaypodcast.com and you'll catch the rest of the content. So far this week, we've been talking about identity, about putting off, putting on. But none of that becomes a lifestyle by accident. Like it just doesn't happen. Colossians 3:16 gives us the practice that actually makes it stick. Here's what Paul says. He says, let the word of Christ ritually dwell within you with all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. I love the Word that's in there, he says. Let the Word of God richly dwell. That word, dwell, means not just visit, not to stop by occasionally, but to dwell like it moves in and it stays, like it has a key to the house. And this is the idea of a guest versus a resident. Most of us treat scripture like a guest that we invite over for a holiday. Maybe Sunday morning, maybe a quick verse before bed. And what's interesting about guests is they're polite, they're welcome, they're brief. But Paul isn't describing a guest. He's describing a resident, something that lives in you permanently, shaping the atmosphere of every room in your life, your thought life, your conversations, your decisions when no one's watching. The difference between a guest and a resident is simply time and repetition. You don't get a residency by visiting once a week.
[00:01:38] Now he also has something to say about richly. Paul does not say, let the word of God dwell in you. He says richly. Not bare minimum, not a verse memorized, foretest, and forgotten. But richly, abundantly, deeply enough that it overflows into how you teach, encourage, and even sing. And that's worth pausing on. Worship in this passage isn't first a feeling that you manufacture on a Sunday. It's an overflow of a word that's already been dwelling in you all week. Now, if Sunday singing feels hollow, it might be because Monday through Saturday, the Word has no place to live.
[00:02:11] It's meant to be shared, not just stored notice. This isn't a private practice, either. Paul says the word dwelling in you richly leads to teaching and admonishing one another. When scripture actually takes up residence in you, it doesn't stay quiet. It it starts showing up in what you say to the people around you. It starts showing up and gently correcting, genuinely encouraging. If the word never makes it into your conversations, that might be a sign that it hasn't gone very deep yet. So today, I want to encourage you. Pick a passage, maybe even next week. Pick a passage, even just a few verses, and let it dwell. Like read it on Monday, return to it on Tuesday, pray it on Wednesday. Let it sit long enough that by the weekend, it's not something you remember. It's is something that's shaping you. Small and repeated beats that go for a long time and are rare every time. I'm telling you, those repeated beats are the win. So give the word room in your life, not just a visit. Scripture wasn't meant to visit you on Sundays. It was meant to move in.
[00:03:11] Have a great day.
