The Chief Corner Stone

"19. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, 

but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the houshold of God;

20. And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, 

Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;"

Ephesians 2:19-20

I love this scripture! It starts out making sure you know that you are no foreigner to God and to the saints, but that you are known, loved, and recognized as a child of God, then tells you that your foundation must be Christ. Those two things are wonderful to put together, because we can know that we are loved by Christ, who is the "Chief Corner Stone" of the Gospel, and of life in general. Do you know what a corner stone is? It is the stone that holds the entire thing together.

Without the corner stone, or keystone, the whole building, or arch, or bridge, or whatever it is you are trying to build, would come crashing down. It is in this way that Christ is the corner stone of our lives. Without Him, we would be a big crumbly mess of stone. Nobody wants that! There is another scripture that I love that has to do with building your foundation on Christ. It is Helaman 5:12 - 

 "12. And now my sons, remember, remember, that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shalls end forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall."

Isn't that beautiful? I love that scripture so much! We must build our foundation on Christ, for when we do this, we cannot fall into Satan's temptations and his many attempts to bring us down. It is a simple thing that we must do, but with grand rewards! Focus the things you do every day on Christ, and the devil will have no power over you. What a blessing!