Sunday, May 4, 2014

Crooked Cornerstone

So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who relies on it will never be stricken with panic. (Isaiah 28:16 NIV)
 


Today in Sunday School we talked about the cornerstone. Above is a verse that we went through together. Throughout the entire lesson I couldn't help but think of the cornerstone I had seen in Africa just last Sunday. (From my understanding the church in Kibuye is growing and so they are building another church building right next door!) After our Easter service we all went outside to go look at the cornerstone, only to find that it was pretty much crooked but that they still trusted it enough to continue building. 
      Throughout the Sunday school lesson today we pointed out the fact that in this imagery Christ is our cornerstone. Something to hold us up and to keep us grounded. As we discussed this we talked about how we were the church and how we needed that perfect cornerstone so we could be stacked upon each other like bricks. Well if you know me, you know that the wheels start turning in my head sometimes and I think a little outside the box. So I sat there and thought in depth about what they had said. Jesus is our perfect cornerstone but as bricks we will never be perfect. We will all be crooked, we may shift throughout the years, we will become cracked and start to decay. We should never think that without perfect bricks we can not be a perfect church. What makes us perfect is our cornerstone, Jesus. That is why no matter what shape we are in we will stack ourselves no matter what. We will have faith and know that though we may falter many times, our church will never fall because our cornerstone is the greatest thing to be built off of! Crooked bricks or not we must look to the cornerstone for support and He will provide it! Amen for that! 

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