1 Peter 1:13  Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.

While our salvation rests in Jesus Christ, the day of our final liberation is not yet at hand. As we walk through the wilderness of our world, we face many struggles and obstacles - even sufferings. Greed is one of those great barriers that can turn our eyes away from Christ and toward the temporary and fading wealth of this world.

"Keep Your Eyes on the Prize" is an African American spiritual that empowered people like Martin Luther King, Jr., who, in the face of many of his own struggles and sufferings, would surely not have been able to carry on otherwise. But even in times of great despair, the hope of Christ picks us up, sustains us and moves us on in freedom toward his future of mercy, forgiveness and righteousness.

"Preparing our minds for action" means keeping our focus on Christ. It calls forth the discipline of faith and trust that, in spite of all our failings in life, God is there to uphold us and raise us up as he did with Christ. The crucified and risen Christ gives us hope!

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