February 11 - The Cornerstone. 

It’s Monday and here begins another week. Today, I am starting a new part time job in retail. I’m pretty excited about it because it will be very different than anything I’ve done before—a new adventure.  


Right behind my house there are multiple new houses that have started. Two weeks ago, they were just a pile of gravel and now the foundations are standing. It is kind of amazing to watch the building process. 


In the days of Jesus, the foundation began by the selection of a very large, square rock to be the cornerstone. All the other rocks of the house were cut to “fit” the cornerstone.


“Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. We are carefully joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:20-21‬ ‭NLT‬‬


To be a part of His house, we are carefully moulded to fit our Cornerstone, Jesus Christ, not the other way around. Jesus is the piece that holds the entire structure together. Not only is He the way, the truth and the life, but he is also the Stone that rest of us are being transformed to fit. It is a more than a little thrilling to think that we are used in the very same structure that the apostles and the prophets.


My hope is built on nothing less

Than Jesus' blood and righteousness

I dare not trust the sweetest frame

But holy trust in Jesus' name

Christ alone, Cornerstone

Weak made strong in the Savior's love

Through the storm, He is Lord. 

Lord of all


Jesus, Cornerstone, thank you for your unchanging grace and love. You are constantly working on us as we yield to you to transform us into stones that fit the cornerstone. When the trumpet sounds, we want to be ready and waiting, dressed only in your righteousness so we may stand before you and be found worthy. We worship at your feet. We choose to follow you not out of fear, but because we love you. All praise to you, our Redeemer and King. Amen and amen. 


Love you dear friend,

Pam

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