1Pet 1:5 Who [you] are being guarded by the power of God through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed at the last time;
If we would enjoy our heavenly inheritance today and participate in it, we need to be guarded. This means that we need to be kept in the right position. Sometimes we are distracted and moved away from the position necessary to enjoy the heavenly inheritance. In the past we all have experienced, at least to some extent, that when we are carried away from the Lord by something, we lose the enjoyment of the inheritance of eternal life. Therefore, we need to be guarded, protected. Thank the Lord that we are being guarded by the power of God through faith. The power of God is the means by which we are being guarded.
Faith is the secondary means through which the power of God becomes effective in guarding us. Thus, the power of God is on God’s side, and the faith is on our side. This indicates that we need to cooperate with the power of God. If we cooperate in this way, we shall be kept in the right position to enjoy our heavenly inheritance. According to verse 5, we are being guarded, garrisoned (a military term), by the power of God through faith unto salvation. The result of this guarding is salvation. The salvation spoken of in verse 5 is full salvation, ultimate salvation.
Prayer Confession Loving Father thank you for this truth. Thank you for your power to guards me through my faith in you. Through my faith in you, this power keeps me in my right position of enjoying my heavenly inheritance. I embrace and cherish God’s keeping power in my life daily and focus on my faith on Him to guard my life and everything that concerns me in Jesus’ name, Amen.