The Rock Church

“As you come to Him, the Living Stone, you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house…” I Peter 2:4-5

High in the Honduran mountains, a hospital sits at the edge of a small village. Nothing about it appears extraordinary. It’s just a basic block building. But those blocks are special. They weren’t mass-produced in a nearby factory and delivered by semi-truck to the construction site. No, each block, a jumbled blend of sand and stones, was hand-mixed, hand-poured, and hand-set in the building. Many hours of heavy and hard labor, of block upon block, produced a place where the hurt can find help and the sick regain strength.

Peter knew about stones. And about rocks. At their first meeting, Jesus changed his name from Cephas to Peter – a rock. Jesus later said that on the rock-solid foundation of who He is, He would build His big church out of little stones like Peter. And like us.

God isn’t into mass production. He takes His time – and the times of our lives – to handcraft us into perfect shape. He chips and chisels until the fit is right. He puts us together not just to be a monument to Him but to be on mission for Him. We are not a building - like the stone-walled temple where priests sacrificed sheep to cover sin. We are a body – a forgiven people who connect with each other as we praise our Father and help our brother.

Not much about us appears extraordinary or super special, but we are. The Master Carpenter has breathed His life into our stone-cold hearts, and He is building us up to be a place where the wounded will be welcomed and the struggling find support.

Let Him build in you. Let Him build with you. You’ll discover your place in His perfect plan.
Rock on.

Time For A Little R&R

REFLECT
You are God’s building material. How readily accessible are you?

RESPOND
Praise your Father. Help your brother. Be the part of His church He is building you to be.