Living stones

 

Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.  – 1 Peter 2.4-5

 

A living stone is quite a picture. Nothing could be deader than a rock. Why then are we called living stones.

 

I’m not sure to be honest, but I think there is a blessed truth here. It is based on the truth that Jesus is called the chief cornerstone of the church and yet He is alive today.

 

Jesus is the Rock who was with the Jews in the wilderness. He is the foundation of the church.

 

Jesus is alive today and because He is alive He is able to help those who are His. He is the living source of stability where we can anchor our souls.

 

Now, we are calling the living stones that make up the church. As stones we are to be a picture of stability in an unstable world. Alive, we can live before the world and show them the stability that we have found in Christ.

 

Living stones is not really that strange after all. We are a living stones of stability in a world teetering on the edge.