Mark 9:1-13 talks about the transfiguration of Jesus. In verse 11 the 3 disciples ask a question in their quest to understand the context of what they had witnessed. Jesus answers the question and then poses a question. He mentions about His impending suffering, something that they struggled to come to terms with. If Jesus was the Messiah, why should He suffer? He ought to have come to deliver them from their problems and political oppression. But they didn’t realise at that moment that God had different priorities; deliverance from sin and eternal life. The values of God’s eternal kingdom are different from those of the world. Our understanding and appreciation of the kingdom values and our relationship with God should go beyond our immediate circumstances.