05/26/2026
AMEN!!!
“Know it. Stow it. Show it. Sow it.”
A Convicting Call to Live According to GOD’S Word
1. Know it in your head – Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly.
The Bible is not optional for the Christian—it is the Christian’s life (Deut. 32:47). We are not saved by opinions, feelings, or trends—we are saved by the truth (John 17:17). The Lord commands us, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to GOD…accurately handling the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15, NASB95). To know GOD’S Word is to know GOD’S mind. Ignorance is not innocence—it’s disobedience. No Christian matures without rigorous study of Scripture, because faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ (Rom. 10:17, ESV).
If you claim to follow Christ yet rarely open His Word, you're not a disciple—you're a deceived churchgoer. Repent of biblical apathy and resolve, like the psalmist, “I will meditate on Your precepts and fix my eyes on Your ways” (Ps. 119:15).
2. Stow it in your heart – Store up the Word to kill sin.
David said it best: “I have stored up Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You” (Ps. 119:11). Knowledge in the head becomes power in the heart when it’s internalized. The Spirit uses the implanted Word to sanctify, correct, and sustain (James 1:21). If GOD’S Word doesn’t live in your heart, your affections will drift toward the world, not toward Christ.
Scripture doesn’t just inform—it transforms. The Word searches us (Heb. 4:12), renews us (Rom. 12:2), and conforms us to Christ (2 Cor. 3:18). If it’s not in you, it won’t change you. Merely attending church while living like the world is spiritual treason. Stow the Word in your heart—or the world will claim it instead.
3. Show it in your life – Be a living epistle of truth.
“Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves” (James 1:22). The fruit of a Word-filled life is obedience. Theology that doesn’t transform behavior is dead. Jesus said, “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments” (John 14:15). The Word must be seen in your speech, your choices, your relationships, and your repentance.
You cannot witness to a world you look like. Be set apart (1 Pet. 1:15–16). If you say you believe the Bible but remain unrepentant, unholy, and unchanged—you don’t believe it. You’ve just read it. A life conformed to GOD’S Word shows Christ to a dying world.
4. Sow it in the world – Proclaim the Word boldly.
You were not saved to stay silent. “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel” (Mark 16:15). Paul charged Timothy to “Preach the word…in season and out of season” (2 Tim. 4:2). The Word is the seed (Luke 8:11). You are the sower. Don’t water it down—scatter it wide. Speak it. Share it. Stand for it.
The world doesn’t need your opinion—it needs GOD’S truth. You’re not responsible for people’s responses—you’re responsible for their exposure. Sow boldly. Sow faithfully. Sow with tears if you must—but sow. Because faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word (Rom. 10:17).
Conclusion:
If you know the Word but don’t live it—you’re a hypocrite.
If you study the Word but won’t share it—you’re a coward.
If you quote the Word but don’t obey it—you’re deceived.
Let the Word of GOD rule your mind, guard your heart, govern your life, and proclaim through your lips. This world is passing away—but “the word of the Lord remains forever” (1 Pet. 1:25). Be a man or woman of the Book—or you are nothing.
Know it. Stow it. Show it. Sow it. Or face judgment.
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…” —Colossians 3:16
