Making room for God's plan

Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.” “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “God’s Messiah.” Jesus strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.” (Luke 9: 18-22)

To obey and love the will of God, especially when we do not understand or find it humanly unpleasant, we need to be humble, while always remembering that we are mere creatures.  Peter's answer to Jesus' question is inspired by God. Peter listened to God because he had put his ego aside. Let us ask Jesus for the strength to follow Peter’s example, to seek God's will and not our own.