S = Luke 19:40-42, 44b “He answered, ’I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.’ And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes... And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.’”
O = If they did not burst into praise, testifying, the very stones would. The people of Jerusalem didn’t know, they didn’t understand what had to happen for them to have peace. Jesus would do it all for them on the cross, but Jerusalem could have turned to him before that. Even after the cross, though many followed Jesus, the city and nation that rejected the chief cornerstone that day continued in their hardness of heart. They didn’t recognize God when he came to them in a visitation of grace. As a result of their rejection of the offer of reconciliation, there was no one to rescue them from themselves on the day that their empty stone facade would be torn down to speak no longer.
A = Do I recognize when God comes to me today in his Word (the Bible), in the witness of other Christians, and in “the least of these” I may encounter each day? How should I respond to this visitation? Have I stopped to consider the high cost of my salvation…recently? Will my life praise God and bless others this week? How?
P = O Lord, help me to get a clue! Open my eyes to see you as you really are…open my heart to believe and bless you enthusiastically! You are the Cornerstone of my life…may I build my house on a solid foundation, on rock, as a result of hearing and obeying your Word today, rather than trusting in my own sandy efforts and the sticky clay accomplishments of man. Amen.
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