"God takes us, rough, unlikely-looking stones; but He sees in us an expression of His character, and He looks upon us, not as rough stones, but as what we may be.
Even then He sees in us Jesus Christ.
And so He goes to work to cut and to polish.
What is He doing?
Some would think that He was destroying the whole thing. But He has a place for that stone, and He wants it cut in a particular way. These are the hard experiences of life, when it seems as if Christ would pound us to pieces. But He will not spoil His stone. He
knows exactly the place it is to fill in His temple, and He is cutting it so that it will fit.
The Lord carries on His work of preparing, that a people may be prepared, each one to fit in his place in the heavenly temple,
W.W.Prescott
Even then He sees in us Jesus Christ.
And so He goes to work to cut and to polish.
What is He doing?
Some would think that He was destroying the whole thing. But He has a place for that stone, and He wants it cut in a particular way. These are the hard experiences of life, when it seems as if Christ would pound us to pieces. But He will not spoil His stone. He
The Lord carries on His work of preparing, that a people may be prepared, each one to fit in his place in the heavenly temple,
and each one becomes a living stone,
because of his contact with Christ, the living stone.
God will develop in each one just that phase of character that will fit the best in the place He wants filled. When He comes, He says, Let the work of preparation cease. "He that is unjust, let him he unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still; and he that is holy, let him be holy still." (Rev. 22:11)."W.W.Prescott