Prosperity, success, and the abundant life are hallmarks of the Spirit-filled life. And the Spirit is inextricably linked to the Word . . .

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. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God. Colossians 3:16-22

According to this passage in Colossians, the result of letting the Word of Christ dwell in us will be that we’ll speak to ourselves and to each other with psalms and hymns. We’ll be submitted to each other. We’ll be the kind of husband, wife, or child we ought to be and the kind of worker that honors God.

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord . . . Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it . . . Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right . . . And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. Ephesians 5:18-22, 25, 6:1, 4-6

According to these passages in Ephesians, the result of being filled with the Spirit is that we’ll speak to ourselves with psalms and hymns. We’ll be submitted to each other. We’ll be the kind of husband, wife, or child we ought to be and the kind of worker that honors God. In other words, being filled with the Spirit and being filled with the Word are undeniably linked together.

Spirit-filled people or congregations are those who meditate in the Word, devote themselves to the study of the Word, and gain more understanding about the Word. And as that happens, they are continually filled with the Spirit in fresh ways. I used to think a believer was either a Spirit-filled person or a student of the Word. Not so. Jesus said the Father seeks those who will worship Him in Spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24).

At the very beginning of his ministry, Joshua is told to meditate in the Word day and night because that is the key to appropriating the power of the Spirit he would need to accomplish that which God had called him to do. And the same is no less true for you.