I Peter 1:1-5  Peter is writing to the "scattered".. "aliens".. those "chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father"...In many ways, we are also the scattered strangers.. sojourners, living in a strange place.. pilgrims moving through this world.. that is not our "home".   

He writes to those known by God.. thought of by God before we even came into being. By His choice, by His means, and by His will.. He chose us.

It is through the "sanctifying work of the Spirit" that we are brought into obedience to Jesus Christ.  "Through" - denotes a fixed position.. a place, a time, or state.  At a time of God's choosing, we were consecrated, purified.. sanctified by the Spirit of God.. so that we might "obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood;" 

"Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead."  Because Jesus was dead.. and then was resurrected from the dead.. we also, by God's mercy, experience a transition from being dead.. in our sin.. to having new life in Christ.  We have a "living hope".. an eternal expectation of life.  This is what God has done!

He has given us an "inheritance " that can never perish, never be defiled, and will never fade away.  It is a possession that is reserved for us.. guarded in the fortress of heaven..  It is "for you" Peter says, you "who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time." 

Through faith in God.. we have.. a living hope, an imperishable inheritance, and a powerful salvation!  Yes, in this we "greatly rejoice"!

Our Father in heaven, blessed are You who has had such great mercy on us.. to think of us, to choose us, to give us life.... new life in Christ Jesus. We are protected by Your power.. Your immense and unsurpassable power.. for a salvation that is going to be revealed in the last time.  We rejoice in Your mercy and grace, in Your power and love. May we walk in obedience to Christ, being filled with Your Spirit.. in all purity and holiness, for the glory of Your Name. amen.