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honor will come to you

1 Peter 2:4-8 (JDV)

1 Peter 2:4 As you come to him, a living stone – rejected by people but chosen and honored by God –
1 Peter 2:5 you yourselves, as living stones, a spiritual house, are being built to be a sacred priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:6 For it stands in Scripture: See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and honored cornerstone, and the one who believes in him will never be shamed.
1 Peter 2:7 So honor will come to you who believe; but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected – this one has become the cornerstone,
1 Peter 2:8 and A stone to stumble over, and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word; they were placed here for this.

honor will come to you

Peter is speaking to people who have chosen to align themselves with Jesus. As such, many of them are being rejected by the people all around them, and suffer the shame associated with that rejection. But Peter encourages them to think about what is really happening on an eternal scale. They have chosen to believe in Christ and obey God’s word. They are being placed into God’s spiritual temple. Jesus himself is the chosen cornerstone of that temple. Their destiny is permanent honor. Those who reject Christ are being placed as well. Their destiny is a permanent shame because they are stumbling over the cornerstone.

Accept the temporary shame if your faith in Christ brings it. Your day of honor will come.