Imagine a group of Olympic track athletes training. During the practice one athlete stops and says, “Enough is enough!” When the coaches approach him, he says, “This is ridiculous! It’s hot, I’m sweaty, and I’m exhausted! I’m tired of this training and I want to be done!” The response of every person around this athlete would be the same. They would all want to ask, “Are you really surprised by all of this?” After all, when an athlete signs on for Olympic training, he should expect all of the pain and all of the difficulties that go along with that training. In other words, while he certainly has a right to find the training to be difficult, he has no right to find the training surprising.
Similarly, in his letter, Peter tells believers in Jesus that they have every right to find their suffering and oppression to be difficult. But he says that we shouldn't find it surprising.
Dan Franklin
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