Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith --- more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire --- may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1Peter 1:3-7 ESV
Moving forward... means moving toward... an inheritance... imperishable... undefiled... unfading...
An inheritance kept in heaven for us... who are being guarded by God... through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time...
This eternal inheritance... is what we are to rejoice in... as we move forward... even in the face of trials...
An inheritance to come... a deliverance... into His kingdom...
The Israelites lacked faith in God... and grumbled through the desert... to their Promised Land...
But we... in Christ... need to learn from their lack of faith... and trust Him... to guard us... deliver us... into our imperishable... unfading... undefiled... inheritance... with joy... no matter how many or varied trials grieve us along the way...
Don't look back... look forward... with faith and joy... to Him...
But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind
and straining forward to what lies ahead,
I press on toward the goal for the prize
of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:13-14 ESV
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