1 Peter 1:20-21 My Only Hope is in You - Devotional Scripture

For He was foreordained (foreknown) before the foundation of the world, but has appeared [publicly] in these last times for your sake and through Him you believe [confidently] in God [the heavenly Father], who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are [centered and rest] in God.     

1 Peter 1:20-21 (AMP)

This was God’s plan before the foundations of the world; knowing that we would fail. Knowing that we would sin, God desired to demonstrate His love for us by sending His Son, to bear our sin, to take the responsibility of our sin and die in our place; therefore proving that God loves us. You never need to doubt the love of God. All you have to do is look at the cross of Jesus Christ and there God declared His love for you.

Jesus left His place in heaven and came down to earth to die on the cross for you.  It is through Jesus that we have come to believe in God. He is the One who has revealed the Father's heart to us.  He died on the cross so that our faith and hope would be centered and rest in God. To believe in God means that we lean on the Lord, we put all our weight upon Him. The anchor of our faith and hope is in God. It is in Him, not this world, that we live, move and have hope.