This week we look at one of the biggest blunders that Simon makes while following Jesus; however, he isn’t alone in making this mistake. In Matthew 16:21-28, we see Simon say that what Jesus is teaching cannot happen to him (the handing over to the elders, crucifixion, and resurrection). Jesus rebukes Simon 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.” Simon is concerned with what is human, not what is divine. Starting in verse 24, Jesus teaches us how we can test if our desires are divine or human. If it involves you taking up your cross and denying yourself to follow what Jesus would do, then that is more of a divine desire rather than humanly.

Concern yourself with what’s divine, not with what’s human.