Jesus was faithful to live out obedience to the Father’s agenda and many times the disciples did not understand what He was doing. These were the times that He had to rebuke them and remind them of the Father’s activity. The most memorable time was in Matt. 16:21-22 Peter actually “took Him aside and began to rebuke Him” after Jesus had told the disciples that He must go to Jerusalem to be killed and be raised again the third day. Jesus had to tell Peter “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men” (16:23).
Jesus’s example was that regardless of other’s reactions, He continued to obey what He had learned from God in prayer. From Jesus’s times of prayer with the Father, followed by His obedience to the Father’s will as revealed in those times of prayer, Jesus did not fail in anything God gave Him to do. Because He always listened to His Father’s agenda and was always obedient, the Father was free to fully accomplish His eternal purposes through the Son. Jesus set the example for us. Let this really sink and follow our Savior’s example!!