Read 1 Peter 2:19-25
19God will bless you for this, if you
endure the pain of undeserved suffering because you are conscious of his will. 20For
what credit is there if you endure the beatings you deserve for having done
wrong? But if you endure suffering even when you have done right, God will
bless you for it. 21It was to this that God called you, for Christ
himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in
his steps. 22He committed no sin, and no one ever heard a lie come from
his lips. 23When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an
insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the
righteous Judge. 24Christ himself carried our sins in his body
to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by
his wounds that you have been healed. 25You were like sheep that had
lost their way, but now you have been brought back to follow the Shepherd and
Keeper of your souls.
Think
Sometimes doing what is right
is more difficult than doing what is convenient. Peter says that 'if you endure suffering even
when you have done right, God will bless you for it. It was to this that God called you...' (1
Peter 2:20)
Pray
Loving God, help me to trust
you enough to do what is right even when it might be costly to me.
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