There is no doubt that God sees things in a way that is different from humanity as an individual or as a whole. Part of the basic message of Jesus is that the people of God in the first century AD were expectant and hopeful for a national leader that would set their country, Israel, free from the rule and taxation of the Roman Empire. But God had something different in his mind and heart. His plan was to provide an opportunity for every human being to be set free from what enslaved each one of them. That was done through the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus. With that in mind, Jesus said if himself:
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is amazing in our eyes”?
(Matthew 21:42)
When I am looking at the "to do..." list and feel as if if the power requred is more than all human power together, it helps me to remember our cornerstone is Jesus Christ. It is he who stregnthens us and gives us our identity as the adopted people of God.
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