Peter’s words in 1 Peter 2 come to a church under intense persecution, a people who were literally being martyred for their faith. Yet, God’s word to them—and to us—is not to promise an escape from suffering, but to call us to live as those who belong to another world, even as we walk through the pain and injustice of this one. Suffering, whether on a grand scale like the tragedies we see in the news or in the personal injustices we endure, is not outside of God’s sovereign hand. He allows it, sometimes for reasons we cannot understand, but always with the purpose of refining us, displaying His glory, and proving that He is worthy of our praise even when life is hard.

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