Saturday 13 November, 2021

This book starts with a reminder of some awesome truths. This passage reminds the people who received this letter from Peter that they were chosen long ago by God and that He knows them well. It also notes that each one has received a magnificent inheritance – one that cannot be damaged or stolen from them. Then it reminds them that they are being watched over and protected by God. The passage then encourages them to get God’s picture of the future and to see their trials in that context – that they refine and purify faith and that they will not last forever.

We need to look at life like Peter did – to remember each day that God has a plan, that He chose me to have a role in that plan, that He knows me and likes me and protects me, that there will be trials but we need to appreciate how they can refine our faith and character and how we need to look for what God is doing during trials – to talk to Him, to stay in contact, to be curious about the plan and how I fit into it and to build up my trust in Him.

The Passion Translation gives verse 8-9 as:

8 You love him passionately although you did not see him, but through believing in him you are saturated with an ecstatic joy, indescribably sublime and immersed in glory. 9 For you are reaping the harvest of your faith—the full salvation promised you—your souls’ victory!

The victory of your soul – could that be building that connection with God that helps us to see His plan and to appreciate how the He leads us to grow into all He made us to be?

Dear Lord thank You for this beautiful view of how we can live life more connected with You. Help us to remember to do it.

Written by Therese Manning