Saturday Evening Devotions

I Peter 2:4

     Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious.

     Let us come to Jesus.  He is here described as “a living stone.”  He is strong and secure.  He is sure footing for us in tumultuous times and He is bedrock and firm by which we may lay our life’s foundations.  Matthew Henry says, “He is called a stone to denote His invincible strength and everlasting duration.”  But though He is a stone, He is not hardened or aloof from our troubles – He is a living stone – He feels our trials and our emotional pains, and tenderly cares for us in distress.  What a magnificent picture!  Jesus is a stone – He is our foundation stone, by whom we can base our life’s priorities and ambitions (Isaiah 28:16).  He is a living stone!  He is gracious granite not unfeeling flint -- He concerns Himself with our needs.  When reminded of His strength and stability and eternity as a stone, and his empathy and caring and eternity as “a living stone” we are shocked by the next line: “rejected indeed by men.”  We shake our heads and wonder how anyone can intentionally reject this picture of Jesus, so great a Savior.  The next line reassures us: “Chosen by God and precious.”  Jesus is rejected by men, but He is precious to God the Father.  We are right to esteem Jesus so highly.  We are right to reject the example of those who reject Jesus.  God the Father has chosen Jesus and so have we.  God the Father finds Jesus precious and we heartily agree.  He is our Living Stone.  We have placed our life’s foundations on Him and have never and will never be disappointed