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One More Night With The Frogs
Exodus 8:1-10
10-25-1998
Daily Devotional with Pastor Jon
May 31, 2026
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
1 Kings 6:7

All of the cutting and carving, all of the chipping and grinding was done in the quarry so that when the massive stones arrived at the Temple site, they fit together perfectly. What an amazing sight it must have been to watch the Temple going up silently.

We are living stones, gang (1 Peter 2:5). That makes this world the rock quarry. It’s the place where we are chipped and cut, polished and ground so that when we get to Heaven, the clamor will cease, the work will be complete.

That means I’m going to be challenged by certain people I’d rather not be challenged by. God says, “They are the living stones next to you, so you better hang in there because they’re My instruments to work on you, to shape you, to prepare you for what you’re going to be throughout eternity. I’m building a temple for My habitation, and I’ve got to pound on you for a while. It’s foundational.”

Don’t fight it, saint. Flow with it. Say, “Okay, Lord. If this is the boss You want me to work under, so be it. If this is the situation You want me to be stretched by, I submit to it.” Thank the Lord for one another. Receive from each other, knowing God is building you for His glory.

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