It is an appeal of faith. Baptism is such a calling. It is an appeal to the Lord. We have been buried with Christ and we have risen with him. We have passed from death to life.
Judgment is past.
The suffering we are experiencing cannot be the condemnation of God. That has already been experienced for us by Christ. We have received that by faith and we have expressed our faith by baptism. It stands as a constant reminder that the worst suffering has been averted. Christ took it for us.