Your Cornerstone

Your Cornerstone

Dear Champions,

 

The short excerpt is by Tim Keller, and the scripture is 1 Peter 2:6  See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him (Jesus) will never be put to shame." 

The cornerstone is your foundation.  The cornerstone of a building is the thing on which everything rested, and if the cornerstone was unsteady in any way, the whole building trembled. 

I remember talking years ago to a counselor at an Ivey League School, and she said that what is interesting is that everybody who comes to an Ivey League School made A's where they came from and somebody is going to get B's and C's and a lot of them showed up on my couch.  She said that it is one thing to want good grades, but it's another thing to basically build your identity on the idea that I am smart.  When the cornerstone shakes, then the whole life shakes. 

A lot of athletes start to feel good about themselves until they retire and very often their life falls apart.  Why?  It's great to want to be an athlete, but it's another thing to build your identity on it.  

The one who puts their trust in Jesus will never be put to shame.  If you build your life on any other cornerstone, you will fill like a failure when your cornerstone shakes.  You'll be shaken to the roots, and you'll feel like you don't have a self.  You have to recognize that you do have a cornerstone, and Jesus has to become precious to you. 

Champions, have a great week!-David Vining