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Let the Rocks Cry Out! :: Deeper Devotion
Let the Rocks Cry Out!
by Tim Wade
1 Peter 2:5
“…you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
A life without purpose has little to no meaning, and it is far from the nature of human beings to want to live a life void of meaning. A much greater problem than emptiness occurs, however, when we fail to allow GOD to ascribe meaning to our lives, and instead try to do it ourselves. There are no shortages of tests available to the one who wants to try to figure out what he or she should be when they grow up. There are also no shortages of quacks willing to help you figure it all out. Thankfully, we do not have to spend a lifetime trying to figure it all out, just in time to die.
The Bible plainly tells us that we who have placed our trust in Jesus were given a purpose for living long before the foundations of the Earth. Before we were conceived, before we drew our first breath, long before we understood our need for a savior, GOD had a plan for you and me. Since the beginning of time, those who confess Jesus as Lord and Savior have been purposed to be the habitation, the dwelling place, for the Power of GOD. With the Holy Spirit living within us, the blood of Jesus covering us, all according to the will of the Father, we have become living stones. Together, you and I are being built up as spiritual house, the church, for the express purpose of bringing glory and honor to the Lord our GOD. That has been our purpose for living since before there was time.
Please, oh please, do not take this purpose lightly. Look at yourself. Behold what manner of love that has been bestowed upon us that we should be called the Children of GOD! No job, no relationship, no personal achievement of any kind can ever be more wonderful than to be the habitation of the glory of the great I AM! Thank you Father!
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