God is building something, a kingdom that will stand forever, and we are stones in that kingdom. We rest upon Christ as the cornerstone, but we are crucial pieces in the kingdom -- the kingdom is comprised of people, brothers and sisters in Christ, handcrafted in the image of God, formed through the work of the Holy Spirit in discipleship so that we might participate in this kingdom. We go through life often unaware of the kingdom that God is building -- we spend so much time and energy focused on our own little kingdoms, building small worlds that crumble with time, when we instead ought to be thinking about what God is doing, building something glorious with us that will stand for all of eternity. That's where our hearts ought to focus -- to pray for God to help us see ourselves as part of something majestic, beautiful, and eternal. God thinks we matter in that kingdom -- God thinks we matter enough to die for us! So don't downplay your role in God's kingdom. God thinks you're crucially important in what God is building, so let us live like we matter, and treat one another like each and every one of us are critical pieces of God's eternal kingdom.
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