A Living Hope

James Cathcart August 08, 2024 7 2

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1 Peter 1: 3-9 (NRSVA)

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials, 7 so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

The Kingdom is a living hope that sustains in the here and now. How does the knowledge of our heavenly inheritance support us for the challenges of today?

Prayer:

With you our Lord and Saviour

we can be alive with hope

and alive to the reality of our world.

With you we can be alive to its pains and confusions

alive to its wonder and yearning

alive to its sorrow and sadness

alive to its twists and turns

alive and ready to rejoice and weep, rebuild and re-home.

Because in you we take solace

we take solace that there is goodness

and hope

and reason

and freedom.

We take solace in the purpose of the universe

in the enduring, undefeatable love at its core.

Amen.