Living Stones
What house does God desire for himself? Where does God choose to live? Where does God desire for us to live?
God makes his home with his people. We are the dwelling place of God. God wants us to be with him, just as he desires to dwell with us.
The Apostle Peter wrote, “As you come to him [Jesus], a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 2:4-5, ESV).
We are a living stones who are being built together as a part of a spiritual house where God dwells. We are a chosen people of God. We are a holy priesthood serving in the temple of God as the house of God—His Church.
May we live in the presence of God as living stones “being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
A Collect for the Fifth Sunday of Easter: “Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know your Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that we may steadfastly follow his steps in the way that leads to eternal glory; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
Download #Cultivate365 a #free #devotional book for each month, a devotional for every day of the year, by subscribing here: www.robbiepruitt.com.
Photo by Flo P, from Unsplash. More photography can be found here: https://unsplash.com/photos/zwRNOUBj3Ys
