Our Security In God's Power

 The letters of Peter are filled with confidence building facts, placing an emphasis on Our Security In God's Power, detailing the many precious promises we have in Christ, and outlining our permanent possessions in Him. He encourages us to rejoice in our trials because we have believed the gospel of grace and have a heavenly hope founded on Christ. Peter builds up these foundational facts in order to prepare us to live a victorious Christian life that is honoring to God during the time that we have on this earth.
 We need to fix our eyes on Jesus and the truth of God's Word and nothing else, in order to be able to avoid our hearts being turned toward the difficulties and trials of everyday life. When we have reached the point where we have girded up the loins of our mind and fixed our eyes on the truth of Scripture, we will have secured our hope on Christ's finished work, and our confidence in His Word will remain secure.
 Let us get our minds ready for action, and not be diverted by the strange and difficult circumstances that we encompass in our lives so that we may hope perfectly upon the grace that is ours in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, we want to be secure in our confidence in Your Word. Help us to prepare our minds and hearts for that blessed hope of being face to face with Jesus, the embodiment of truth and grace. May we put Jesus first in every compartment of our lives. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.