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Special People
When I think of special people during my lifetime, I think of John Kennedy Jr. He had it all, the good looks, the fame, the brains, the charisma, the beautiful women, and the money. But on the evening of July 16, 1999, John Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren departed from New Jersey on a flight path up the coastline of Connecticut with their final destination of Martha's Vineyard. They were planning on attending a wedding the following day. The plane never made it to its destination. Four days later the wreckage was found on the bottom of Long Island Sound. The National Transportation Safety Board determined the cause of the crash was Kennedy's failure to see properly. The haze of the evening blinded him to the actual horizon. He flew the plane straight into the water, not even aware of the danger. If Kennedy had been flying by instruments and not sight, they would have arrived safely.
How are you navigating your course through life? Are you living by your own insights or do you trust in other instruments to guide your life?
The Apostle Peter says there is a stone in the road that either you will trip over or build your life upon. That stone will either build you up or crush you.
Those who see Jesus clearly as the promised Messiah enter into a relationship with him and start a life with him. It is in this special relationship that we are given incredible significance. We are actually called chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation and even people belonging to God. The bottom line is special people have a special relationship with Jesus. I become special not because of what I do, but because of who I know. I know the Cornerstone.
But there is a grave warning here. Jesus is also a dangerous stone. Those who reject Him, those who stumble over him will fall. This is not a threat; it is a loving warning from a God who wants to reach all of mankind.
In the end the most important question for any of us, rich or poor, famous or not, is simple. Do you have a relationship with the Cornerstone? That relationship makes you a special person.
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