God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
‘Lord, this cannot
happen. This must never happen.’
It is
the work of God that Jesus suffered many hardships,
was
killed, and then rose again after three days.
However,
the apostle Peter, who was thinking in terms of human matters, said,
“Lord,
this can never be! Such a thing must never happen to You!” and tried to stop
Jesus.
In
response, Jesus rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan!
You
are a stumbling block to Me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God,
but
merely human concerns” (Matthew 16:21-23).
Satan
is constantly trying to make us think in terms of human concerns.
He
causes us to not want to see our loved ones or those dear to us suffer
for
the sake of Jesus and the gospel, or face even the threat of death.
As a
result, we end up saying, “This should never happen!”
and
we try to stop them from going through such suffering.
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