Dr. Jim Richards

God wants us to be living stones – not man-made bricks. God makes a real distinction between us being stones or bricks because stones are unique and all different – none is the same shape, size, or color. We are living stones built up into a holy altar (1 Pet. 2:5). It takes every person being who they are in Jesus. God does not want us to be building an altar to Him made of bricks that we shaped. Why? We are not bricks before the Lord. We did not get set free from slavery when we were born again to become like every other Christian. God’s goal for you is to be the best you could ever be, fulfilling a destiny unique to only you.