The Word of Wisdom and Knowledge

UV 512/10,000 Colossians 3 v 16 The Word of Wisdom and Knowledge Col 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.” In Christ is hid all wisdom and knowledge. Hence, when we hide the Word of God or Word of Christ in our hearts and minds, we have access to all treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Treasures are not found in the open and are usually hidden away from sight. It needs to be diligently searched for. Similarly, we need to search for the hidden meanings in scripture and apply it secretly and confidentially in the specific area of our life. It needs to dwell in us richly and not poorly or ineffectually or in other words, we need to dwell or continually meditate again and again on the teachings, commandments, promises and example of Christ in our daily lives. The words, “ in all wisdom” implies that it must not remain mere head knowledge or lip service but it must be diligently applied to different areas of our lives in order to translate into wisdom. This is our daily manna or daily portion of nourishment for our souls, spirits or minds to be taken to and into the inmost parts of our being. But, we must not stop with our personal edification or building up in faith but teach and admonish one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. When we sing spiritual songs, it is not only an act of worship but it encourages us on in our faith lives. We should teach them diligently to our children. We should talk about these when we lie down, when we rise , when we walk. We must write it on our gates, wall posts including Facebook wall posts, the doors and walls of our houses. In our home, virtually every wall is adorned with a portion of scripture. Therefore, the Lord says, “ All your walls are anointed including the bathrooms.” In other words, the Word of Christ must have a pervasive influence on all that we do and everywhere we go and with every one we interact or relate to. When we continually store the promises and Word of God in our hearts, it is a wellspring of joy. A river can dry up, a lake can dry up but a spring never dries up. That joy will manifest in songs that emanate from our hearts and minds. Our tongues will become the pens of a ready writer to pen down a new song of praise to our Lord. “Singing with grace” means that we will be divinely enabled to sing even if we are not naturally gifted and normally given to sing only in a certain room in our homes. I am a musically challenged person but the Lord enabled me to pen down what I call a “ long song of praise and glory” that teaches people who the Great I Am truly and really is. I request readers to pray for the first live concert in which this long song is going to be sung on 21st September, 2012 on the occasion of the World Peace Day. Praise be to the Word, this longest song of praise and worship along with my brief testimony has already been listened to by thousands of people in virtually all nations and parts of the world. You can listen to it by clicking on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoURpHcg8Io Prateep V Philip