1Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.  6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 8 whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, 9 receiving the end of your faith—the salvation of your souls. 10 Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, 11 searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. 12 To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which angels desire to look into.

I’m so glad that what Jesus did will not fade away and that the inheritance He secured for me is incorruptible and undefiled.

It can be good to know that the trials we face are meant to bring forth praise, honor, and glory to God as we stand in faith, unshaken in our testimony of His goodness and grace.

By continuing to believe in Him despite all the odds and circumstances the enemy desires to use to tell us it is of no use, we demonstrate our love for Him. Believers in Jesus experience many of the same things those who do not believe experience in this life. We live in a fallen world.

But believers know they have received something special when they are given new life in Christ—something so special that angels desire to look into it, and the prophets longed to see it in their day.

We have been brought into a living hope!  It is not a hope on life support.  It is a hope that lives and increases all the more.

When we believe as we should, it produces the fruit of joy, inexpressible, and full of glory!

All this is made possible through Jesus’s resurrection from the dead. His resurrection testifies to us that for those who are in Him, there is something to look forward to because just as He was raised from the dead, so also shall all who belong to Him be raised from the dead on the day of His return.  We have already been made alive again by means of resurrection when His story became our story by reason of our being placed in Him and He in us.  It is a grand story too good for some to believe, but for those who have it is wonderful and alive!  I hope you will rejoice today in your incorruptible inheritance given to you in Christ.