Wow!! What an amazing loving God we have. His people have just messed up again. No thought to Isaiah’s warnings and challenges, but just the determination to do their own thing. How appropriate for the 21st century! Yet God in His love reaches out in verse 16 of this chapter –
‘See I lay in Zion a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed’.
Dictionary definitions of the word ‘Cornerstone’ give a great insight into this love of God.
Definition 1- ‘A stone at the corner of a building uniting two intersecting walls’. This is what God has given to us in Christ, someone who draws and unites us back with himself.
Definition 2 – ‘A piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose’.
God has given us Jesus for a special purpose, to forgive our sins and to show us how to live in the light of a loving God.
Definition 3 –‘A stone, often inscribed, laid at a ceremony marking the origin of a building’.
Christ is at the beginning and the central foundation to our new life in Him. Let us give thanks for God’s tremendous loving provision and be not dismayed!!
Charles Riggs
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