Hope and Confidence Come from God
Hope for a New Day
1 Peter 3:13-18
The Message
13-18 If
with heart and soul you’re doing good, do you think you can be stopped?
Even if you suffer for it, you’re still better off. Don’t give the
opposition a second thought. Through thick and thin, keep your hearts at
attention, in adoration before Christ, your Master. Be ready to speak
up and tell anyone who asks why you’re living the way you are, and
always with the utmost courtesy. Keep a clear conscience before God so
that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They’ll end up
realizing that they’re the ones who need a bath. It’s better
to suffer for doing good, if that’s what God wants, than to be punished
for doing bad. That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of
others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went
through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God.
For Reflection
Keep
your eye on God. The living Spirit that lives in you calls for living
in the Spirit. Keep your faith in God's desire to make all things
right. Even when times are darkest, God will bring you through into the light. Have courage and trust in the Lord.
Pray
for the courage to stand for the Godly and reject the un-Godly. Pray that you will remain God-centered in the face of all dire circumstances. Pray for guidance, and hope for salvation.
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