The original audience for 1 Peter was believers in the path of a dangerous storm.

1 Peter 1:1-5 (ESV)
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, 5 who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Our spiritual identity, future assurance, and the character of God are the components of our storm shelter.

SPIRTUAL IDENTITY: part of the family, new creation

PROMISES OF GOD: future assurance, eternal, indestructible

CHARACTER OF GOD: merciful, engaged, strong

1 Peter 1:6
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials.

What you rejoice in becomes your shelter.

We don’t always escape from the storm, but we will be sustained through it.

1 Peter 1:7-9
So that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, 9 obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

The joy of the Lord is storm-proof.

Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

God does big work through big storms.

1 Peter 1:10-12
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, 11 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 12 It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.

When things seem out of control, we must trust that God is in control.

Psalm 46:1-4
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High.