Living Stones

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. For in Scripture it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.” Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for. But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. –Peter 2:4-10

Opening our hearts to Christ forever changes who we are. We have been divinely created, each of us, in a specific and unique way. That uniqueness is the spiritual DNA that God has placed in each of us. He has made each of us to be stones as no two stones are alike. Each of us has a specific place where each stone is to be placed in order to build up His kingdom. All of these stones, when properly placed, are all held together by the perfect capstone, Jesus Christ.

God did not create us to be bricks. Bricks are all made to be the same. It was the vanity of man that believed that they could build a tower of bricks that would allow man to be the equal of God. God destroyed their plans as they were trying to build the tower of Babel. Bricks also represent bondage as Pharaoh kept the ancient Israelites enslaved for no other reason than for them to make bricks for his worldly kingdom.

When each of God’s unique stones are properly placed, we strengthen one another as we build upon one another to support each other in His structure of the church. We strengthen ourselves, we become a mighty force that cannot be moved.
Each of us has a story to tell. Each of us can be used by God to do amazing thing. We just simply need to let God lead our hearts to be that building stone that He has called us to be in His name. He just asks each of us to Go and take that step of faith in His name. We cannot waste any more days and we simply need to acknowledge that we are indeed His hands and feet.

To him who overcomes, to him I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it. –Revelation 2:17

That day when each of those who were to the right hand of Christ receives their unique God given name will be an incredible day of great joy. I envision that after each of us pass through the gate, we will be lead to that place that Christ has prepared for each of us. At that place will be our white stone with our specially chosen unique name. Each of us after learning our name will return to the throne room of Jehovah God and all will bow down and worship Him in unison.