Broken, or Ground

Today's Verse is Luke 20:18
      Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 

Why do the armed services--Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines--have boot camp? While I was there I was told that it was to tear me down, so that they could then rebuild me into that which would be of value to them. It is the same principle that we find here. In Jeremiah, God told Israel that he was going to tear down, pluck up and destroy them so that later he could plant, build up and establish them. This is what happens to those that fall upon Christ, and receive the forgiveness that he provided when he took our place upon the cross. However, those who refuse this gift, will not only be broken, but completely destroyed. Let us therefore, fall upon our Saviour Jesus Christ, and suffer being broken, because he shall build us up.

To God be the Glory
Scott