Sermon Cloud

Having to wait can be a frustrating experience. We have all had to do it at some point in our lives. It may have been waiting for summer break when we were in school, or waiting in the doctor’s office for the appointment that was thirty minutes ago. We do not even like to wait at a stop light, though it will only take a couple of minutes. We are truly an impatient people. Unfortunately, this impatience has also affected our spiritual lives and our relationship with God. Though we have great promises of hope to come, we think God should be doing more for us now. This has led us to be dissatisfied in times of suffering thinking that God has forgotten us or doesn’t care about us. Yet such a thought could not be more untrue. Today, as we look at 1 Peter 1:10-13, we see that the hope we wait for was a hope that was promised long before. The events of Christ’s suffering serve to remind us that God is in control of this world, and if Christ suffered, he will surely be glorified. These events that were foretold long ago came to pass, and they remind us that God’s word can be trusted.