Thursday Devo
Scripture Reading:
1 Peter 1:6-7
6 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. 7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
6 So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while. 7 These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
Commentary from the ESV Study Bible:
1:6–7 Peter realizes that joy is mingled with grief as Christians in Asia Minor suffer various trials. Little while denotes the whole of their earthly life before they inherit future salvation. if necessary. These sufferings are God’s will for his people, so that their faith might be purified and shown to be genuine. Such faith has a great reward, for at the revelation (that is, the return) of Jesus Christ, honor and praise will belong both to Christians and to Christ.
Study Questions:
- God was testing Abraham’s faith right after he had decided to go God’s way in Genesis 12. God will always test us in order to give us opportunities to grow. Faith works like a muscle. In order to strengthen it, it must be strained and broken down. Then, when it grows back and recovers, it’s stronger. What have been some of the biggest faith-testers in your life? Through which situations has God grown your faith in Him the most?
- Many Christians, when they face hardships or uncertainty, or when things in their life don't go as they think they should, will resort to questioning God or even being angry with Him. We can tend to get hung up on questions of "why?" and get stuck in our relationship with Him. While God can certainly handle our questions, and it's not necessarily a bad thing to process life's events in this way, we must move past "why?" and move on to asking Him "what?" What is it that God might be doing in this situation? What might He be trying to teach you? How is He wanting to grow you? Is there a situation in your life where you are stuck in the "why?" and need to move on to asking Him "what?" God doesn't waste anything.
Pray:
- That you would seek to grow stronger through the testing of your faith.
- That you would always look for the "what" and let Him grow you.
This Week's City 7:
Try to commit to memory!
5. Why do I follow Jesus? I follow Jesus because Jesus rose from the dead proving that He is the way, the truth and the life.
(Matthew 7:24-27; John 14:6)
(Matthew 7:24-27; John 14:6)
No Comments