Jesus begins His journey to the cross with unwavering resolve, “setting His face” toward Jerusalem, knowing the suffering ahead is the will of God and the fulfillment of a plan set in motion since Eden. The disciples struggle to accept His path, especially Peter, whose well‑intentioned resistance reveals how human expectations can blind us to God’s purposes. The message calls believers to the same decisive obedience—denying the flesh, embracing the Spirit, and choosing to follow Jesus with the same single‑minded determination He showed on the road to the empty tomb.