The Chief Cornerstone

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Ephesians 2:19-22 says, "Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.  And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

And Isaiah 28:16 says "Therefore this says the Lord God: 'Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation.'"

This combination of words "Chief Cornerstone," is interesting. In today's world we use words like CEO(Chief Executive Officer) or CFO(Chief Financial Officer). To be a chief means to be a leader. A cornerstone was the first stone laid for a building and was the standard or reference for all the other stones. Therefore, the cornerstone was very important because if it was off the whole building would be off. 

Jesus is the chief cornerstone, he is the leader, he went first and laid a sure foundation for us that we can build our lives upon. And we are all like living stones being built together into God's house. 

I am praying for you. 

Daniel