{"id":19860,"date":"2026-07-31T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=19860"},"modified":"2026-07-20T19:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T23:53:40","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-7-31-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-7-31-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 7-31-26"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1 Peter 4:19 (LSB) 19 Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God must entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good.<\/p>\n

This is an intriguing verse. But what it really means can be a bit tough to decipher if we look only at this verse alone, without the surrounding verses to show us its true depth and meaning.<\/p>\n

Let’s dig into this and see what we can learn from it!<\/p>\n

The words allude to suffering “according to the will of God”. So, let’s start there and see where it leads us!<\/p>\n

If we step back to get the 40,000-foot view, we will see that in the verses preceding this one, Peter was speaking to fellow believers about suffering for being a believer.<\/p>\n

He spoke briefly about making sure we do not allow ourselves to get caught up in the affairs of the world in a way that causes us to suffer “as murderers, thieves, and evildoers” (V15-16). His point being that believers should live peaceable lives that reflect God’s holiness and bring glory to His name.<\/p>\n

Peter then turned his focus to the body of Christ, which he warned must endure and heed the chastening and purging hand of God as part of His discipline for those He loves (V17).<\/p>\n

Peter then quotes Proverbs 11:31, from the Greek translation of the Old Testament, “And if it is with difficulty that the righteous is saved, what will become of the godless man and the sinner?” (V18).<\/p>\n

He is not insinuating here that salvation is uncertain (difficult to obtain), or that it can be lost through lack of effort, which would equate salvation being earned.<\/p>\n

He is making it clear that, as followers of Christ, we will face trials and difficulties. And these should be viewed as being refined through tribulation. God refines us by taking us through the fire, not around it.<\/p>\n

And finally, Peter, through the inspiration and leading of the spirit of God, states that as we suffer by the will of God, we must entrust our souls to Him as we continue to do what is good and right (V19).<\/p>\n

And it is doing so that we find our peace, for He is faithful.<\/p>\n

Amen<\/p>\n

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n

Seven Seas Ministries
\n49 N Lamplighters Walk
\nHampstead, NC 28443<\/p>\n

401-439-3780<\/p>\n

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1 Peter 4:19 (LSB) 19 Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God must entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good. This is an intriguing verse. But what it really means can be a bit tough to decipher if we look only at this verse alone, without the surrounding … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[1873,2295],"class_list":["post-19860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gods-faithfulness","tag-bible-verses-about-gods-faithfulness","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-gods-faithfulness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19860"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19862,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19860\/revisions\/19862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}