Colossians 3:16 says, “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.”

I learned that verse when I was a child. As I began meditating on it, the Holy Spirit showed me something I never noticed before. It is in two parts. The first part has to do with gathering insights from His word. The second part is worship to an audience of One.

His indwelling word acts like yeast in bread dough. It expands as we apply it to our lives. It helps us see through His perspective. John 15:7 in the Amplified says, “If you live in Me (abide vitally united to Me) and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts…”

James 1:25 says, “But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it…a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.” Our personal application from Scripture brings inner transformation.