Devotion for Thursday, April 30, 2026

“Have you not even read this Scripture: ‘The stone which the builders rejected, This became the chief corner stone; This came about from the Lord, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?” (Mark 12:10-11)

There are those who will receive truth and those who will do everything they can to keep to themselves and reject what is true.  In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us that either we build our lives on the rock or else built upon sand.  What we build on our own will crumble.  The One through whom all things have their being has come to lead You to build everything on the solid rock, which is Him.

Lord, over and over, You tell us what is right and true.  It is amazing that the rebellion runs so deep that the lie seems to be believed more readily than the truth.  I too fall into this arrogance.  Help me to be shed of the insistence of thinking I know when I do not.  Bring me to know that only on You, the Solid Rock, can I build my hopes on the truth of the consistent revelation You have made throughout the ages.

Lord Jesus, You are the Solid Rock, the Foundation, the One who is our Savior.  Only upon You and what You have done can any of us have the hope that springs to eternal life.  Guide me, dear Lord, to not only understand this, but to act upon it and build my life upon You.  You alone provide the grace and mercy we all need to come into the eternal life which has been promised to those who believe.  Help my unbelief.   Amen.