When Heaven Doesn’t Make Sense

Podcast Title: When Heaven Doesn’t Make Sense | Anchored in Troubled Waters | Season 9 Episode 32 Podcast Description: Just after Peter confessed that Jesus was the Christ, he found himself resisting the very plan of the Savior he had confessed. When Jesus spoke of suffering, death, and resurrection, Peter could not understand why the cross was necessary. In this message, we explore what happens when God’s plan does not match our expectations, why sincere love can still misunderstand His will, and how faith continues trusting when heaven does not yet make sense. Alternate Podcast Description 2: Peter loved Jesus, but he could not accept a plan that included suffering and death. Yet the cross Peter wanted removed was the very cross through which Jesus would save him. This message examines the difference between human perspective and heaven’s purpose, and reminds us that faith is not believing everything makes sense. Faith is trusting Jesus when it does not. Alternate Podcast Description 3: What do we do when God’s plan looks painful, confusing, or completely different from what we expected? In Matthew 16, Peter tries to correct Jesus because he cannot understand the cross. Through this passage, we discover that God is not confused when we are, His silence is not His absence, and Friday never gets the final word when Sunday is coming.