The Obedience of Hope
Have you ever noticed that God never tells us what we are to do for Him until He has revealed what He has done for us? In Peter's letter it is not different. He does not begin to tell his readers how they should live until he has celebrated the wonders of God's Salvation in Jesus Christ.
Our Hope is God's gift, an inheritance created for us by Christ's resurrection. Because we have been given hope, we are now called to live in it. Peter summons us to the obedience of hope, hope that is marked by readiness and holiness.