Psalm 118:22-23 "The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. (23) This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes."
Have you ever made great plans for your life only to see them fall
through? We all, to some degree, tend to plan our lives out in
advance. The very next verse reminds us that "This is the day that
the Lord hath made." I like to think that I only live for this
moment; and in reality, that is what we all do. We only have this moment on
this day and we should be rejoicing that the Lord has given it to us.
Yet, we still make plans, and that's okay. We should look forward, but with the
realization that there is only one source of stability by which those plans
should be founded.
That source of stability is none other than our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the
stone which was rejected. The Apostle John tells us, "He came unto his
own, and his own received him not." (John 1:11) Jesus spoke of the wise
man and the foolish. The foolish built his house upon sand while the wise built
his house upon the rock. In a natural sense, we all understand that
analogy and know the rock will not wash away as the sand does. We know what the
waves of the sea do to a sand castle. But can we take that analogy into our own
lives and understand the importance of building our lives upon the true Rock
which is Jesus?
Yes, we make plans. We know what we would like to see happen in our lives. But
there is only one sure way to see just how marvelous are the works of the Lord.
We must build our lives and set our plans according to the will of God.
It's fine to ask God for those things we seek to obtain and the heights of life
that we seek to attain, but we should always include in our prayers that great
element of which Jesus showed us. He prayed, "Father if thy be willing let
this cup pass from me; nevertheless, NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE." Yes,
even Jesus used the example of building His prayer life upon that principle of
the rock.
Lord, Help us to not reject the way of success and help us to understand that
way is found in, and upon, your Rock, your Head Stone, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.