Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
Cast all your anxiety on him…
Summary: Life offers us an unlimited supply of anxieties. God offers us an unlimited supply of peace. All we have to do is trust him with our worries and anxiety, and let him do the rest.
Continue reading “1 Peter 5:7 (a) — The Anxious Onion”
Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
Summary: Submitting to God is the key to being lifted up.
Continue reading “1 Peter 5:6 — The Hand of God”
“God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
Summary: Peter explains why it is important for us to submit to our elders and clothe ourselves with humility. Doing so keeps us on God’s good side and in His good favor.
Continue reading “1 Peter 5:5 (c) — Upstart”
All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another …
Summary: Peter sketches out a simple phrase full of meaning. He teaches us about humility and our need to put it on each day.
Continue reading “1 Peter 5:5 (b) — Who Wore it Best?”
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders.
Summary: Peter commends those under the authority of the church elders to submit to them. Yet there are two kinds of elders.
Continue reading “1 Peter 5:5 (a) — The Elders”
[I, Peter]… who also will share in the glory to be revealed.
Summary: Peter gives us several clues to the meaning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In today’s verse he returns to the theme of God’s Glory.
Continue reading “1 Peter 5:1 (d) — God’s Glory”
… and a witness of Christ’s sufferings …
Summary: When Peter says that he is a ”witness of Christ’s sufferings” he invites us to not only examine Christ’s sacrifice on the cross, but the way that Jesus lived his life and what he endured while here on earth.
Continue reading “1 Peter 5:1 (c) — Suffering”
And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved…
Summary: Paul offers us a challenging thought. Righteousness is not an easy path, it is hard road. For the Christian, this offers us an opportunity to think about what it means to be saved.
Continue reading “1 Peter 4:18 (a) — The Hard Road”
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Summary: We have been called by God to get in the game. As soon as we step on the field, the enemy wants to take us out. This is called the ”fiery ordeal.”
Continue reading “1 Peter 4:12 — Feel the Ordeal”
If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God.
Summary: God holds us accountable for using His Word correctly.
Continue reading “1 Peter 4:11 (a) — Speaking God’s Word”