Great joy marks the life of the believer. Peter underscores this joy and the eternal security that believers possess, as God protects and preserves them through trials and gives them great assurance of the salvation that awaits them in the future.

Peter reminds us our true identity in Christ as God’s chosen people who are pilgrims in this world, whose home is not here on earth but in heaven where we have an inheritance awaiting us that is far better than anything this world can give us.