Thoughts of God is Higher than Human's!

‘Then Jesus began to tell them [His disciples] that the Son of Man must suffer many terrible things and be rejected by the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but three days later he would rise from the dead. As he talked about this openly with his disciples, Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such things.

Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples, then reprimanded Peter. “Get away from me, Satan!” he said. “You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it. And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”’ – Mark 8:31-38 NLT

As Jesus Christ was reminding His disciples that He must be crucified and would rise from the dead three days after, Peter was trying rebuke Jesus for saying such things and to say that these do not have to happen (Mark 8:32). At that moment, He probably thought that crucifying oneself is not the will of God. Jesus knew that Satan had devoured Perter because He said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.” (Mark 8:33) This seems like that Jesus was kept reminding Himself that He must be crucified on the cross. If I was Apostle Peter, I would rebuke Jesus as well and ask Him whether there is better way other than being crucified on the cross. With wearing Peter’s shoes, I would certainly not let Jesus to be crucified and tell Him that He has got wrong theology. Nonetheless, Jesus had a bigger picture in mind and was not willing to fail His mission on the earth. I think this is amazing. I believe my natural tendency is to think about future but I believe it would very hard to persevere what Jesus had to do. Isaiah 55:8-9 states, “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine. For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.’ Because of my mentor’s disciplinary words, I realised that I tend to overthink and need to go with flow of the Spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24). One of my life Bible-verses are Proverbs 3:5-8. These verses are talking about trusting in the Lord, even though life seems hard.

Meditate on Isaiah 55:8-9 and ask yourself a question today: “Am I overthinking about my future?” If so, meditate on 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 and ask the Lord to sanctify and flow with the Spirit, wherever you go and whatever you are doing. Trust in God and go with flow of the Spirit. Remember God has got you despite of what you are!