God's Word Dwell-o-meter

[S] Colosians 3:16-17 --
 ¹⁶Let the word of Christ richly 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. ¹⁷Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

[O] One of the key indicators of how well the word of Christ dwells in me is how joyful I am with others around me.  The joyfulness can be measured by how I am high spiritually filled with hymns, songs, and thankfulness in my heart for knowing that I belong to God.  It also follows with admonishing one another, uplifting others.  Overflowing the love of God has for me to others seems like a good indicator for me to track as I interact at work, home, church, and many other places I visit.

[A] It seems like this passage was God sent after I sought after some wisdom on how to communicate some points with my children.  What it meant to me was more so than the concept itself, I need to do it with a heart full of joy and thankfulness so the word of Christ will overflow into them foremost.  Thankful heart + admonishing others around me indicate my richness in the word of Christ

[P] Dear Father, please continue to teach me how to follow Your footsteps of being a father.  How it is all about surrendering my rights for the sake of teaching the true love to my children.  Please grant me wisdom so I do not hinder that with all sorts of details.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.

Uzziah's Inventions and Leprosy

[S] 2 Chronicles 26:15-16 --
^{15In Jerusalem he made engines of war invented by skillful men to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones. Hence his fame spread afar, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong.}

¹⁶But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

[O] King Uzziah was very successful in wars and also his fame spread afar. At this mountain top, he became proud and begin to take more control by himself rather than giving thanks and credit to God who was behind it all. One of the signs of a proud man is the desire to be bigger than God (although that is never possible) and that usually translates in to disobeying or rebelling against God's specific commands. Here, Uzziah did what was forbidden by God -- to do what only the priests were allowed to do. He felt so big that he could override God's law. Later he was smitten by God with leprosy until his death.

[A] As someone once said, when you're at the mountain top, don't stand up but get down on your knees because the wind is very strong from all sides which can easily off balance you to fall. We're talking about a pinnacle experience where you are bearly able to stand on top. I desire to be in such a place spiritually as I walk with God and when I'm there I want to make sure I stay on my knees -- humble and dedicated to God's commands.

[P] Dear God, thank You for the teaching through proud king who's so benefited from your blessings. I want to give You all the credit for my success in my life even though I may have worked hard to achieve them because You are the one behind it all. In Jesus' name. Amen.