“Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 1:13 (ESV)
Again we find our verse of promise in the first letter Peter wrote to believers who were suffering under the persecution of Nero. It reminds us about how we are to live since we are believers alive in Christ Jesus. Our promise is the grace given to us the moment Jesus Christ is revealed once again to the world at his Second Coming. Grace is what we live on each day. It is also a future promise and we are called to set our hope full on this promise of grace. How? We do so by making ourselves ready for action today. “Take this seriously,” is what Peter is saying. God has promised us the grace that will carry us through to the time He wraps things up on this earth. We are tempted and distracted by other enticements which derail our commitment to Jesus in this life. But our hope is a hope we will realize – we are promised it will never disappoint us or shame us to trust this hope. So, we are to place our hope fully and squarely on the promise of grace that will be ours when our inheritance is revealed.
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