Jesus had a way of cutting through the noise,
exposing the stark difference between knowing words about God and truly knowing
the God of the Word. In Matthew 21, He challenges the religious leaders, saying
that if they had truly grasped Psalm 118:22-23, they’d recognize what God was
doing right in front of their faces. Right there. No mistaking it.
Throughout His ministry, Jesus kept circling back to
one soul-piercing question: Have you not read? He wasn’t trying to shame
them—He was trying to wake them up. Their issue wasn’t access to Scripture; it
was a lack of understanding and obedience. They could quote verses like pros,
yet they missed the Cornerstone Himself—standing right in front of them.
In the ancient world, the cornerstone was the first
stone laid when building a structure. It was large, carefully cut, and set at
the corner to ensure the whole building would be properly aligned and stable.
When Jesus applied Psalm 118 to Himself, He revealed that, although the
religious elite rejected Him as unworthy, Yahweh made Him the Cornerstone—the
bedrock of God’s entire Kingdom. What they tossed aside, God lifted up as
central and essential—the very foundation of salvation.
See, spiritual blindness isn’t just about access to
God’s truth; it’s often fueled by pride and resistance to that truth. You can
have a Bible on your shelf, a verse on your lips, even a theology degree on
your wall—and still miss the heartbeat of God. Jesus didn’t mince words: “Your
mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of
God.”
We live in a time when Bibles are everywhere—apps,
websites, pockets, motels, shelves galore. But the question still echoes: Have
you never read? Or maybe more pointedly: Have you truly read with ears open and
heart receptive? The Scriptures aren’t just for information; they’re for
transformation. They point us to Christ, the Living Word, the rejected Stone
who became the Cornerstone of salvation.
Think of it like this: a map only helps if you
follow it. Having the directions won’t get you anywhere unless you actually
walk the path. In the same way, the Bible isn’t meant to sit in our heads like
trivia; it’s meant to guide our feet into truth, obedience, and worship.
Today, may the Lord stir up a deeper hunger in you for His Word. May your eyes behold Christ as the Cornerstone, and may every time you open the Scriptures, you not only read them—but be read by them—shaped and strengthened by the living voice of God.
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