“Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in
the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders
rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous
in our eyes’? Therefore I tell you that
the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will
produce its fruit. He who falls on this
stone will be broken to pieces, but on whom it falls will be crushed.’”
(Matthew 21:42-44)
The decisive element in all of life is what a
person has done with Jesus.
The Jews of Jesus’ day rejected Him and in
doing so thought they were hurting Him.
They were wrong. They did not
hurt Jesus, instead they only served to exalt Him to the place of
preeminence. They hurt only themselves, for
they rejected the most marvelous gift God has ever given to man!
People of our day do the same. In large measure, the world has rejected
Jesus. Most Americans don’t outright
reject Him, they just ignore Him or marginalize Him. They assign Him a tiny corner of their lives,
if any at all. In doing so, they hurt
only themselves.
Their rejection will not affect who Jesus
is. It will not impact the ultimate
outcome of creation. But it will affect
them. One day they will discover that
the One they turned away from was in truth the focus of all life.
For those who come to Jesus, He shows Himself
the strong Rock that will never be shaken, the only right foundation for life.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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