13Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” 17And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot. 20He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you 21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
#1 by Cory on September 10, 2010 - 4:46 pm
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“Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober minded, set your hope fully on the grace brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
I’m praying that my mind would not be distracted by the worries and comforts of this world, but instead that I would be more and more focused on Jesus and the amazing day when I will see Him face to face. My home is not on this earth, but is being prepared in heaven by my King. I am so easily distracted by life and start to believe that this is it, and that my hope is in the things of this life. This passage helps me remember to keep eyes set on Christ!