Everything in our life must first be tested. Food, medicine, technology, and so much more, cannot be reliable and useful to you unless it has first gone through intense testing. The same is true for faith. Peter not only describes the kind of testing all Christians will endure, but he also describes how we are to live with hope in the face of intense testing. Peter’s message to all of us is, stand firm and hold on during times of testing knowing that Jesus stood in your place and holds on to you.