Re:Verse passage – 1 Peter 3:1-7 (day six)
32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? Romans 8:32
We all get pretty anxious reading texts like 1 Peter 3:1-7. I’m a father of three daughters, and I get anxious. There is a high level of sensitivity when our autonomy and equality feels constrained. It can feel like something is being taken, or for some it feels like they have always been without.
What gives me comfort as I read hard texts is reminding myself that God is always a giver and never a taker. He never robs us or strips us of our humanity or dignity; he never takes away our joy, or our purpose. No, God’s desire is that we flourish as his image bearers; men and women, husbands and wives together.
I’m reminded I can always trust that God’s Word is good.
