Through Him
You Have Come To
Trust In God
Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves;
set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is
revealed. Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you
formerly had in ignorance. Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy
yourselves in all your conduct; for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am
holy.”
If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people
impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of
your exile. You know that you were
ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with
perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ,
like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. He was destined before the
foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.
Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and
gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.
1 Peter 1:13-21
Sometimes we take the search for earthly happiness too far. We
see it as the most important pursuit, and even believe that our happiness is
God’s highest goal for us. That is when our thinking gets confused.
God’s Word tells us that true happiness comes from keeping God’s
law.
When we face decisions about the way we should act or how we
should live, we must keep in mind that God’s command is not to be happy but to
be holy. True joy comes from a holy, God-honoring life.
There is no true happiness apart from
holiness
and no holiness apart from Christ.
Our Daily Bread –