Just Say No

The Good News Today Is...we have the authority to say, "Get behind me Satan!" (Mark 8:33) This is what Jesus said to his own apostle Peter when Peter tempted him with becoming a king instead of dying on the cross. Jesus was fully man while fully God. He was subject to every temptation that any man could be subject to, and while the days were counting down for him to go to the cross, Peter was telling him he should be King. What a temptation that must have been. Jesus could have been King, he had enough followers and enough power. Yet without hesitation Jesus looked at Peter and yelled, "Get behind me Satan!" Today we might use the words, "Just say no!" We have the authority to not follow the tempting paths that we see in our lives, but to follow where God wants us to go, picking up our cross along the way. Jesus gave us this authority by going to the cross for us, it was costly, and we should use the gift he paid for!