A couple of years ago I did a teaching on being a "living stone." As part of the teaching, I passed out a small stone to everyone as a reminder that each believer is a "living stone". I carried the stone around in my pocket for many months and each time I reached into my pocket I would feel the stone and be reminded that I am a living stone. I lost track of the stone but then found it again last week in the bottom of my backpack and I started carrying it around again. I must admit that I have missed my stone.
In reading 1 Peter 2 this morning, I was again reminded that we as believers in Christ we are living stones. It's an odd phrase - "living stone." Normal stones by their very nature seem inert and dead. Certainly we do not perceive them as living. But God tells us that we are "living stones." Odd. Why does God call us living stones?
We are living stones because our faith is supposed to be living and vibrant and active - not dull and dead. We become more and more alive in the process of seeking God through His Word as we "grow up in our salvation." Our "life" is put on display as we obey God, and as we obey, we are a priest testifying and proclaiming the "excellencies of Jesus Christ who has called us out of the darkness."
Let's make every effort today to be "living stones."
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