Richer By The Word - The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge
Richer by the Word
Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father. Colossians 3:16-17
Let the word of Christ dwell in you. Whatever you say and do, in word or deed, do it all for the glory of God. Daily living. Each day, every day. Regardless of what you are called to do as an occupation.
When I was coaching, I made a point to have regular Bible studies and chapels for our players and our staff. Tuesday was the coaches’ Bible study, and Friday was the team Bible study with the players. Many men met in smaller groups throughout the week to pray together. Game weekends always included a chapel service for which we would have a speaker come in and share a message from Scripture. Sometimes I would share. Sometimes another coach on our staff would share. And sometimes we would have a person we knew and trusted from outside our team and organization come in to share with us a word of direction and encouragement.
Our hope in those settings, as should be the case with any Bible study or prayer group, was to continually plant the empowering and affirming message of Christ in the listeners’ hearts and then allow that message to work according to God’s purposes in each of them.
To let the word of Christ dwell within them.
How might that look in the various settings of your life? Perhaps at home it starts with prayer in the morning with your spouse and then individual prayer with your children. Prayer and thanks at the breakfast table together. An encouraging word as your spouse heads out the door to the office or as you drop your children off at school. Perhaps it involves keeping your home free of temptations and things that are contrary to God’s Word—certain movies, magazines, music, or things on the Internet. Perhaps it involves reassessing your desire for the temptations of alcohol, tobacco, and other things that harm your body and could harm your children’s lives if they followed your example.
At work you could organize an office Bible study. But it doesn’t have to be something formal. Maybe it’s getting in the habit of offering an encouraging and kind word to others. Or simply not being a participant in the group gossip session at the watercooler.
Wherever you find yourself, consider ways you can let the word of Christ dwell within you and others.
Uncommon Key > Incorporate the word of Christ within you and others each day; it will empower and encourage you whatever may come.
