Set Your Hope

 “Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.”

— 1 Peter 1:13

Gracious Lord Jesus, my friend and my King,

Today I ask for your grace to keep my mind alert and fully sober. When my mind is consumed by worry, I’m not alert to what you are doing around me. When my mind is distracted and somewhere else, I’m not fully sober and aware of my situation. With a mind that is alert and fully sober, I’m prepared for action and ready for whatever opportunity you present to me.

Today I choose to set my hope in one particular and very specific location, as if building a home’s foundation on solid bedrock. That bedrock for my hope is the grace brought to me when you, Lord Jesus, are revealed at your coming. Grace is your unmerited favor. When you are revealed to this earth, it will only be by your grace that any human will be able to stand before you. When the clouds part and you appear in your radiant glory, no one will be standing in defiance or irreverence. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that you are Lord. Even as I long for that day, I shudder for those who have consistently resisted your Holy Spirit’s call. May your grace find them now so they, too, can set their hope on you.

Gracious Jesus, thank You for a mind that is fully alert and sober today. May I see every moment that comes my way with preparedness and readiness for action. May I set all my hope not on things I wish for in this life, but on Your grace that will be brought to me when You are revealed at Your coming. Lord, how I long for that day. Come, Lord Jesus, Come!

— In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen!

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