How become A Spiritual Billionaire

[Col 3:16]

From Rick Renner, Sparkling Gems I *

Rick begins with a story, as he often does. He tells us about when he grew up and spent a lot of time in his grandparents house. His grandma and grandpa were immigrants from Germany. They had always known poverty, and had many hardships and had to scrape by in order to survive financially.

Every afternoon, Grandma and Grandpa would go into their living room, turn on the television, and take their seats: then with great pleasure they would watch a television program called “Let’s Make a Deal!” When the program concluded they would always spend a few minutes day-dreaming about what they would do if they suddenly “struck it rich.”

Rick says he loved to listen to his grandparents as they fantasized about paying off all their bills, purchasing a new home, contributing huge sums of money to the church, and leaving money to their children and grandchildren.

If you are among those who dream of getting rich someday, you don’t have to fantasize about being rich anymore if you are a child of God, you already have struck it rich! You have been given a treasure that will make boundless wealth accessible to you for the rest of your life. You are already a spiritual billionaire; however, for you to realize benefit from what God has provided, you have to learn how to tap into these vast resources.

In Colossians 3:16, the apostle Paul wrote, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly….” Today I want to look at the word “richly” in this verse. It comes from the Greek word plousios, it describes:

• incredible abundance

• extreme wealth

• enormous affluence

• great prosperity

• immense riches

• extravagant lavishness

Paul uses the word plousios in Colossians 3:16 to let us know that if we will receive the word of God in the right way – and if we give it a warm reception, and make it feel at home in our lives – it will enrich us spiritually. So the word plousios means that the Word of God will make us spiritual “billionaires!”

You may ask, “How can the word make us spiritually rich?” Paul continued to tell us what the Word can produce if we allow it to do so. He says, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly and all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” (Col 3:16).

When the word of God really comes to feel at home in you, dwelling lavishly inside your heart, it enriches you with the wisdom, the gifts, and the power you need for today. You become so filled with the riches of God that you automatically find yourself admonishing and encouraging other people in their faith. When the Word of God dwells in you richly, there is always a song of rejoicing in your heart! When you are filled with God’s Word to this extent, those inward spiritual riches will easily flow out of you to bring life to everyone around you.

By using the word “richly” in this verse, Paul is painting a picture of what the Word of God will produce for you if you allow it to take up residency in you, and become a vital part of your life. So if you’re tired of striving with no results – if you’re tired of feeling spiritually weak and worn out with nothing to offer – stop right where you are today. Don’t take another step without making the decision to let God’s Word play a more important role in your life.

As you do, the Word of God will enrich you with spiritual wisdom and insight. It will put victory in your heart and a song in your mouth! It will turn you into a spiritual billionaire! It will enrich your life so much that you will always have something spiritually to donate, and share with someone else!

Let’s Pray:

Lord, I ask you to help me become so full of the Word of God that my entire being is affected by its life-giving truth. As I dwell on your Word, let it live inside me, my heart will be filled with joy, my mind will be flooded with wisdom and understanding, and my mouth will be filled with songs. Lord, I know that your Word will take me to the richest spiritual place I’ve ever known. So help me make your Word feel at home in my heart so I can start living each day like I’ve struck it rich!

In the Name of Jesus!

My Confession:

I confess that the Word of God enriches me with spiritual wisdom and insight. It puts victory in my heart and a song in my mouth! As I meditate on the Word, it enriches my life. I always have something spiritually to freely share with others. I declare this in the Name of Jesus!

God bless you my friend,

— Dwight Hammond

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