Pam Padgett ... teacher
When Jesus started telling his disciples the things He would suffer,
even that He would be killed, Peter tried to turn Jesus from these
things ...
Matthew 16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his
disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things
of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be
raised again the third day. 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke
him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
Jesus
strongly stopped Peter, not allowing the devil to speak through
Peter to try to stop the will of God. And Jesus told Peter that he
savored (desired, regarded, treasured) the things of man, rather than the things of God ...
Matthew 16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee
behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not
the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
The things of man are things the flesh desires such as
possessions, relationships, status, acceptance, physical well-being.
Things of man try to please man, not God.
Jesus lived on this earth submitting Himself to the will of the
Father, not trying to please Himself or other people. His desire was to
please the Father. This is what we are to do as well.
I was reminded of ...
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust
thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Those things that please the flesh, and flesh itself, will be destroyed. But those who do the will of God, treasuring and doing His word, will live for ever
Thinking on these things caused me to stop and consider what I savor.
Do we desire and delight in things of God ... hearing what God speaks to
us by His Spirit, thinking on and doing that word that we might please
God? Or do we desire and delight in things of this world, which please the flesh but take us in another way from the will of God for us?