As children we acted out and played what life would be like. None of us could have imagined how life would turn out and what we would have to face. Life doesn’t play fair. Life doesn’t play by the rules. Life for everybody gets frazzled at times. The pressures and problems in life can wear us down. God knows all this. He is the creator and knows all that we will encounter in life. God came to earth in the flesh and encountered the same things we do. The bible tells us that He was tempted in all things. So He knows how we feel. He has been there. In our text, Peter writing to the first century church provides encouragement. God inspires Peter to provide a promise that should offer encouragement to us even today. He is the God of all grace. Whatever the need in our life, God’s grace is sufficient to answer that need. Peter tells them (and us) that after we suffer for a while, we will be made perfect. The word perfect here in the Greek refers to a process for mending the fishing nets. Bro. Hughes tells us that no matter what holes or tears there may be in our life, God’s grace is sufficient to mend the holes and put it back together and make it perfect. God’s promise is greater than our problems.
