A Matter Of Perspective

Then Jesus began to tell them 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.” [Mark 8.31-33]

You know, this was a recurring problem for the disciples - seeing things from a human point of view instead of God's.

It was the same problem in my post yesterday where the disciples had forgotten to take bread. Jesus had to remind them of the previous miraculous events (feeding 5000 then feeding 4000) that should have served as proof of God's perspective about bread and provision.

So today, in this passage above, we see another need to have God's perspective and not a natural human one.

Human perspective is limited at best. Human perspective is not God's perspective and must be overcome with faith. Faith is the only way to overcome human perspective. Faith is the only thing that pleases God.

It is time we stop seeing things from a human perspective.

Father, help me to have Your eyes and ears so that Your perspective will be mine.