1 Peter 2:5: “You yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house into a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”
Revelation 21:11: “Having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, as clear as crystal.”
2 Corinthians 3:18: “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.”
The process of becoming precious stones is a picture of God’s transforming work in us. 1 Peter 2:5 identifies believers as living stones being built into a spiritual house. These stones are produced not by human effort but by the Spirit’s transforming work.
Revelation 21:11 portrays the New Jerusalem as having the glory of God, with light like a jasper stone. This signifies the believers, fully transformed into precious stones, radiating God’s glory.
2 Corinthians 3:18 reveals that transformation occurs as we behold the Lord’s glory. By spending time in His presence, reflecting His glory, and submitting to His work in our lives, we are changed into His image from one degree of glory to another.
This transformation is not instantaneous but a lifelong process. As we allow the Spirit to renew our mind, will, and emotion, we are gradually conformed to Christ’s image and fitted into God’s building for His eternal purpose.
Thought of the day/Main Points:
– Believers are transformed into precious stones for God’s building.
– The New Jerusalem reflects the glory of God through transformed believers.
– Transformation occurs by beholding and reflecting the Lord’s glory.
– The Spirit renews our being, conforming us to Christ’s image.
– This transformation equips us for God’s eternal purpose and glory.
Prayer Confessions:
Lord, transform me into a living stone for Your building.
Help me to behold and reflect Your glory daily.
Renew my mind, will, and emotion by Your Spirit.
Conform me to Your image and fit me into Your eternal purpose.
Make me a vessel to express Your glory on earth, Amen.
