1 Corinthians 3:12-15 -- Keystone

 

1 Corinthians 3:12-15

 

NKJV

Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.  If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward.  If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

 

NLT

Anyone who builds on that foundation may use a variety of materials—gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw.  But on the judgment day, fire will reveal what kind of work each builder has done. The fire will show if a person’s work has any value.  If the work survives, that builder will receive a reward.  But if the work is burned up, the builder will suffer great loss. The builder will be saved, but like someone barely escaping through a wall of flames.

 

The last two posts seem to have a theme, and I’m going to continue that theme. Verse 10 brought to my mind the Cornerstone, Jesus who shows us how to be level and straight in our lives as believers.  Verse 11 brought to my mind the  Capstone, Jesus is who we are to strive to be like; the “top” of our lives.

 

Today is the keystone.  This is the central stone at the top of an arch that locks the whole thing together.  Jesus Christ is also our Keystone; the One who holds it all together for us as believers.  I think this also means that we must rely on Him and let Him hold us together.  We are not capable in our own power to pursue a life in Christ.  The Holy Spirit reveals that to us and all we have to do is lean into that belief.  I believe that everything we do as followers of Christ; from serving other to studying the Bible holds us together.  It proves that Christ is, and should be, the Keystone of our lives.

 

Held together,

cej