1 Peter 2
4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
What is a "living stone?" A stone is a stone. The best way to describe it is an inanimate object, hard and shape depending on origin and where it lies. A stone in a field, unless shaped by glaciers, is rugged in appearance. A stone in a stream is shaped by time to be smooth. A stone is hard and lifeless.
Some stones are used to build. Some stones are used to mark property, like a stone fence. Some stones are slung to fend off creatures. Unless they are put to use by a human hand though, they are lifeless and will lay where they are until they are moved.
So, again, what is a "living stone?" What are its qualities and how does it "live?"
Over the next few days, our devotions will look at how a stone becomes representative of foundation, as smoothed over and shaped to use in a variety of fashions, and how it is representative of God's Word, as Peter describes Christ, THE living stone.
Pray as you read and prepare for God's Word to be foundational, that we allow it to shape us, and that we use it to make a difference in our lives. If you cannot be at the retreat, your prayer is the same prayer for your life.
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