Good Morning Friends,
“The stone the builders rejected has become
the capstone; the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. This is the day the LORD has made; let us
rejoice and be glad in it. O LORD, save
us; O LORD, grant us success. Blessed is
he who comes in the name of the LORD.
From the house of the LORD we bless you.” (Psalm 118:22-26)
We can’t help but think of Jesus when we read
this passage from Psalms. He is the
stone the builders rejected. The leaders
of the Jews didn’t want Him. They
rejected His leadership and had Him killed.
He offered what they needed more desperately than anything else, but
they refused.
Yet, God took the stone that was rejected and
made it the capstone of His kingdom.
Jesus is the most important building component of the kingdom that God
is developing on earth and in heaven.
The Jews rejected Him but God overruled their rejection in a decisive
and powerful way!
The same pattern continues to be in operation
in our time. People reject Jesus, many
of them do. They declare Him to be
unneeded in their lives. They believe He
offers nothing for them. He is
unimportant!
People reject Jesus. They’re too smart to need Him. They’re too self-sufficient to need Him. They’re too sophisticated to need Him.
People reject Jesus, but God overrules their
rejection. God declares Him Lord of all! God declares Him Lord for eternity!
When people reject Jesus, they reject the One
they need more desperately than anything or anyone else!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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