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1 Peter 1:16-21  The Message

A Future in God

^13-16 So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy.”

¹⁷ You call out to God for help and he helps—he’s a good Father that way. But don’t forget, he’s also a responsible Father, and won’t let you get by with sloppy living.

^18-21 Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.

 

For Reflection 

"Travel with a deep consciousness of God."  You are not empty headed. You are schooled in the faith and carry an unmitigated trust in the Holy Spirit.  Let the Spirit lead you.  These are the end days and you are part of the recovery of humankind.  You have been raised from the dead.  Now alive in Christ, you are sanctified.  Your life is holy.  You are free to choose to follow God.

Pray

for those who no not God even though they profess Christianity.  Pray for those authentic Christians who travel each day, conscious of the Holy Spirit guiding and directing their lives.  Pray so that the Holy Spirit will lead you into the grace of righteous living.