The Rosh Pinah of Change
Friday, April 21, 2023
The Cornerstone
When the Hebrews built the temple, they started with one stone. In Hebrew it was called the Rosh Pinah - the cornerstone - the head of the corner. The cornerstone was the first stone. Once laid down, the rest of the temple would go up. In scripture, Messiah is called the Rosh Pinah. Why? He gives you the power to begin something new in your life. You can't change your entire life overnight, but you can begin the change of your entire life right now. New life begins with the first step, laying down the cornerstone of a new beginning. He'll give you the power to do that, because He's the cornerstone and He gives the power of new beginnings. You don't have to build a whole new life overnight, but you need to take the first step. Without it, the rest won't happen. Lay down that cornerstone to a new work, a new habit, a new action, a new life. God will bless you, because everything new begins with the cornerstone. Messiah is the Rosh Pinah. He's the cornerstone and that's the secret for you to have a new life.

Today's Mission
Today make any decisions you have to make, with Messiah as the Cornerstone; the beginning of new thoughts, new actions, and a new course.

Romans 6:4
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
When Death Becomes Life
So what do we do? Keep on sinning so God can keep on forgiving? I should hope not! If we’ve left the country where sin is sovereign, how can we still live in our old house there? Or didn’t you realize we packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace—a new life in a new land!

That’s what baptism into the life of Jesus means. When we are lowered into the water, it is like the burial of Jesus; when we are raised up out of the water, it is like the resurrection of Jesus. Each of us is raised into a light-filled world by our Father so that we can see where we’re going in our new grace-sovereign country.

HAVE A BLESSED DAY AND WEEKEND.