Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. (Ephesians 2.20b-21)
Leading up to these verses the Apostle Paul has been showing us how we are fellow citizens of God’s household, a family set apart and joined together from scattered people groups. Separated at birth, marked by different tribes and trained in diverse tongues, we are now being restored as a unified family. All of a sudden Paul switches from family language to architecture and with this shift in metaphor he moves from the familial to the foundational. As members of God’s family we are now being joined together on a singular foundation around one enduring cornerstone.
This cornerstone will not shift, it will not change. No matter the circumstances around us the foundation of our faith, built on the inspired testimony of prophets and apostles, is aligned to the everlasting cornerstone, Jesus Christ.
How glorious it is to cast our eyes across the ages on this sacred temple we call the Church. Generations upon generations of men, women and children devoted to Christ have been hewn and formed and placed into alignment with that chief cornerstone, Jesus Christ. All the cathedrals standing today are but a shadow of that great Church Universal of saints filled with praise and worship. Stones of different shade and architecture crafted in diverse temporal design all remind us that we’ve seen nothing yet when we stop and think of the Holy Temple being joined together around Jesus the Cornerstone.
Jesus, thank you that you have placed me among the living stones of your people, joined together to you, our cornerstone.