Sometimes good things, like good intentions, aren’t really beneficial. Unfortunately, those good things and good intentions, however well intended, we suffer through some pretty horrible consequences, don’t we?
But he turned and said to Peter, Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man. (Matthew 16:23)
Peter had an awesome, well intended comment. The problem was that while Peter was trying to do a good thing, he was actually hindering the work that Jesus had set out to do. Matthew tells us in this story that this scene occurred after a time in Jesus’ ministry where he was trying to prepare his disciples for the future. Peter, not wanting such a bleak future without Jesus, said to Jesus, “I won’t let you die– you won’t die for me.” Jesus obviously didn’t want any of that nonsense, which was good and well intentioned, but not beneficial to anybody involved, being the issue at hand. The lesson we learn here is that sometimes even though our intentions are good and our actions are good, we may be undercutting a much more valuable instance of God’s work being manifested. I mean, just ask yourself, how many times in doing good, did you really just become somebody’s crutch? I get it, you are good and this is how you show your faith– in the good works that you do in the name of God; however, have we ever stopped to think about what God may be doing? Perhaps even, we may be hindering God’s work. I think we are ready to work with God rather than hinder God. Just imagine how much more beneficial it would be to work that way.
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