"Hope To The End"

Not knowing the work God is doing in this moment is not really that important; although, it would be nice to know, but it is really not our place. I say that because, sometimes if we know what He is doing, our first intuition is to try and help Him along; which may not be any help at all. However, we are called to love one another first and foremost; which means that even if we don't know, or if we think we know what God is doing in any given situation, we must put love first; love for God and each other. Jesus on the other hand knew everything that was going to take place in His own life, and even in the lives of His followers; this was one of the benefits of being God, knowing things. And God, we are not; therefore we are instructed to "hope to the end", which means to the completion or perfection of what God has done. You notice I said 'has done', because I am convinced more and more everyday that we are just playing out an act; as in a theater performance, that has all ready been written; and we, like actors in the play, are not the ones who get to choose how the story is told, or what the plot may be; but we are just to do our character to the best of our acting abilities. God being the Master Writer, Producer, and Director of this Theater of Life, has gifted each and every one of us with special talents and gifts, all of which are brought to life by our circumstances and our trials. You may not even know what your gift is, even as you are using it or putting it to use; but God, in His infinite wisdom and knowledge, will work that gift in and through you, as you trust in Him, and walk in Love. If we look at the portion of Scripture in 1 Peter, and relate the above illustration to the opening chapter as we read it, I believe we can begin to understand what Peter is meaning by his expression of words in the following verses. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trail of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in Whom, though ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even the Salvation of your souls." (1 Peter 1:3-9)