The stone rejected by the builders

"Have you not read this scripture passage:
‘The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes’?”  (Mark 12: 10 - 11)

The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.  God is Master of surprises.  Sometimes He springs His surprises through reversals of position.  The first becomes the last; the last becomes the first.  Some other interesting reversals in the Bible are shown below:

"He has thrown down the rulers from their thrones
but lifted up the lowly.

The hungry he has filled with good things;
the rich he has sent away empty."  Luke 1: 52 and 53)

"The well-fed hire themselves out for bread,
while the hungry no longer have to toil.
The barren wife bears seven sons,
while the mother of many languishes."  (1 Samuel 2: 5)

"He raises the needy from the dust;
from the ash heap lifts up the poor,
To seat them with nobles
and make a glorious throne their heritage.
“For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s,
and he has set the world upon them."  (1 Samuel 2: 8)

"He guards the footsteps of his faithful ones,
but the wicked shall perish in the darkness;
for not by strength does one prevail."  (1 Samuel 2: 9)

O Lord my God, how happy I am because my destiny is completely in your hands.  I will trust you to make me whatever you like.

"My destiny is in your hands;"  (Psalm 31: 16)