Thank You, LORD GOD, in the Mighty Name of Jesus, who is the source of my provision, wisdom, inspiration, insights, all things good, and every spiritual blessing under Heaven, Amen. Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; and His faithful love endures forever. – [1 Chronicles 16:34 NLT] Thank You, LORD GOD, in the Mighty Name of Jesus, for the healing and restoration of communities and nations.
You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor.
And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God.
As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him — you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Welcome to the living Stone, the source of life. The workmen took one look and threw it out; God set it in the place of honor. Present yourselves as building stones for the construction of a sanctuary vibrant with life, in which you’ll serve as holy priests offering Christ-approved lives up to God. The Scriptures provide precedent: Look! I’m setting a stone in Zion, a cornerstone in the place of honor. Whoever trusts in this stone as a foundation will never have cause to regret it. To you who trust him, he’s a Stone to be proud of, but to those who refuse to trust him, The stone the workmen threw out is now the chief foundation stone. For the untrusting it’s … a stone to trip over, a boulder blocking the way. They trip and fall because they refuse to obey, just as predicted.
God uses living stones as the basic building blocks of His House. We build God’s House, one living stone at a time. Do you want to be a living stone in God’s House?
God can use anybody to be candidate living stones for His House. In order to be a living stone in God’s House, build on a firm foundation.