Every Stone Speaks

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The great stone

In Egypt, a whole crowd works together to move one huge stone into place.

A made-up story in three paintings, about a young builder: “you.” Read it together, then look for Jesus in it.

  1. A huge block must be moved to the new temple.
    1A huge block must be moved to the new temple.
  2. You train with the haulers, learning to pull together in rhythm.
    2You train with the haulers, learning to pull together in rhythm.
  3. On a sled over wet sand, the stone glides into place. The crowd cheers.
    3On a sled over wet sand, the stone glides into place. The crowd cheers.

Where is Jesus in this story?

Every big building starts with one stone set in just the right place: the cornerstone. All the other stones line up with it. The Bible calls Jesus the cornerstone that God chose. People rejected Him, but God put Him in the most important place of all. And everyone who trusts Jesus becomes a living stone, built together with other believers into God’s house. Egypt’s builders dragged their stones to a temple for gods that could not hear them. The true God builds something better: a house made of people who love Him.

As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight, you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

1 Peter 2:4-6 (BSB)

Talk about itWhat does it mean to build your life on Jesus? Who are the other “living stones” around you?

Pray: Jesus, You are my cornerstone. Build me into Your house.

More pictures like this one: Chapter 2, God rescues His people

This is chapter 3 of a longer story. You can read all three chapters at our sister site, The Atlas of Cities.