O God who provides showers of blessings, some expected, some not, shower with blessings this dear reader today; in Christ Jesus I pray, amen.
Our text for today comes from 1 Peter 2:2-10: 2 Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God's pure kindness. Then you'll grow up mature and whole in God. 3 You've had a taste of God. 4 Welcome to the living Stone, the source of life. The workmen took one look and threw it out; God set it in the place of honor. 5 Present yourselves as building stones for the construction of a sanctuary vibrant with life, in which you'll serve as holy priests offering Christ-approved lives up to God. 6 The Scriptures provide precedent: Look! I'm setting a stone in Zion, a cornerstone in the place of honor. Whoever trusts in this stone as a foundation will never have cause to regret it. 7 To you who trust him, he's a Stone to be proud of, but to those who refuse to trust him, The stone the workmen threw out is now the chief foundation stone. 8 For the untrusting it's . . . a stone to trip over, a boulder blocking the way. They trip and fall because they refuse to obey, just as predicted. 9 But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy people, God's instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you - 10 from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. (The Message)
When you have a taste of God, you have a taste of life. And not just the existence of life, the fullness, the richness of life. It is an experience that brings into, to borrow an old line from the ancient days of television, living color all of life's experiences. Peter as he shares his experiences with Christ Jesus is reminding his readers of how wonderful and beautiful it is to trust God. God sent Jesus whom many rejected (and still do!) and God has made Him the chief cornerstone of a life well lived. Those who have tasted God have made Jesus the cornerstone of their lives. It is the place of honor and remembrance of what happened in the construction of that life and it is also a declaration to others that they too can have that for their lives as well. Chief among what can and does happen for those who accept and believe is that we have come from feeling rejected, unaccepted, unwanted and unloved, into that life which says we do matter, we are worty, we are accepted, wanted, and loved!
What more could you want?
PRAYER: Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! Let others have that taste of You that I have had through Christ Jesus my Lord. Let me help tell others about You through Him, with Your help; in Christ Jesus' precious and powerful name I pray, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
Eradio Valverde
