HE IS EVERYTHING!

HE IS EVERYTHING

BLOG HOST, 10-20-2010

HOST:  JAY MARTIN

Mark 12

            I love verses 10-11 of our reading today:  ^“Haven't you read this scripture:" 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?"

            Make no mistake—Jesus is everything!  The Jews who were given the assignment of shining God’s light to the world, missed their Messiah.  They missed their destiny!  God sent prophets to remind them, and they killed them.  Then, the Father sent the Son—yet they began to act as if they were owners instead of tenants.  How sad—instead of realizing that they were favored to live on earth when God sent His Son, the Messiah, they missed it.  The rejected Jesus—even crucified Him.

            Their rejection didn’t change anything—He is still the “capstone,” the “Chief Cornerstone,” as I grew up reading in the KJV. 

            I don’t want to criticize the Jews.  Are we missing it?  Are we building our lives on Him?  If our lives are like houses, if we pulled the brick out of the wall that Jesus is, would the house crumble, or would the house go on standing, built with a different capstone?  Is Jesus top priority?  After accepting Jesus verbally, do we reject Him with our actions?

            The Jews missed it—they loved the façade of religious piety.  The widow woman at the end of our reading got it.  She gave away everything she owned, willingly.  She loved Jesus—He was at the center of her life.  How many times through our actions do we say that Jesus is not everything to us? 

            Whether we accept or reject—if we live our lives to reflect it or not—it doesn’t change this fact:  HE IS EVERYTHING!