Day of Praise

Fri, 08/11/17, "Day of Praise"

"The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold." - Psalm 119:72

I was born in the year of the last silver quarter, which was 1964. Those quarters from 1932-1964 are supposedly each worth at least $4.67 because of the silver content. I even have a few that I collected when I was younger. 

But those silver quarters can never be worth as much as a stone. But it's probably not the stone that you're thinking of like diamonds and rubies and the like. 

It's interesting. When God inspires the use of the words (gold, silver, stone, and precious) in Holy Scripture, there's an interesting pattern to observe that culminates in the following from 1 Peter 2:4, "As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him."

In other words, Jesus is the most precious of all the precious stones to God. But he is also the most precious stone that was rejected by sinners as it's written in Psalm 118:22 and quoted frequently by Jesus in the New Testament, "The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone."

But Holy Spirit guides us and gives us eyes to see that the stone, who is Jesus, is most valuable because He is the cornerstone, the foundation, on which to build your life. In contrast, you can play games and buy things and look good with silver and gold, but you can't build an Abundant Life on silver and gold. (And let's not kid ourselves that we can buy the most precious stone with silver or gold, for that's what Judas thought, and we know how his life tragically crumbled.)

So, Heavenly Father, help us to value Jesus as the most precious stone, more valuable than silver or gold, that we may receive him as your Son, your Living Word, your will for our lives, your law that directs and guides our lives by your Holy SpIrit, who would be our treasure unto eternal and everlasting life. Please, Father, grant us a deeper faith that would understand this truth of your Word. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. 

"The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold." - Psalm 119:72

Praise God!