...a human point of view...

That was a pretty harsh rebuke. Jesus tells Peter, "Get away from me, Satan!" when Peter, thinking about the impossible concerning Jesus' fate, tells Jesus "This will never happen to you."

Satan? Really? Was it a Satanic thing to speak wishfully: surely this cannot be, surely this cannot happen? There are a couple of things here. First, Peter is corrected by his limited vision. Similar to the "yeast of the Sadducees" comment, Jesus is rebuking Peter for his limited perspective and informing Him that there are other factors in God's plan besides our own comfort. The ministry of Jesus is that He had to die in a horrible fashion in order that the rest of the world might live, not just temporarily, but permanently, eternally. Life is not ours to keep. It is not for our comfort. The time we have is set aside for His plan, and His design, and what we, in our free will, choose to do with that time, is what defines us. But even if we try to design ourselves, we have to remember that no matter what, we are simply tools and our actions may be for naught in our eyes, but quite a large part of an overlying plan. How do we know? Faith.

The other thing that I found interesting was the black and white nature of the response. Earlier Jesus had stated that anyone who is not helping Him is actively working against Him. The nature of sin is a willful disobedience to the work and law of God. Anyone working against Jesus would therefore be working in a sin against Him, and if this work were to threaten the greatest Gift ever given to man, then the nature of the sin would be as maximized as it could get. Who is the representation of the maximal amount of sin against God? Satan. So, by misunderstanding the larger reality of what was going on, due to a limited human perspective, Peter's words worked counterproductive to the greatest Gift ever bestowed on man, maximizing his sin in the eyes of God (Jesus), creating a satanic comment when one was never intended.

Indeed, Peter had probably the best of intentions by his comment, but he was likened to Satan in the execution of that well-intended comment. So, how do we avoid our good intentions making us somehow, by mistake, seem Satanic.

Put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, and follow Him. So easy to write, and so hard to understand. Where does God's plan come into play when we simply can't see it? When we give, and are taken advantage of, do we keep giving, or exercise accountability by giving no more to the person taking advantage. Is that just a "human point of view?" Have I fallen so far away from God's point of view that I, too, am become Satan? Or is turning away, holding someone accountable for bad decisions, a Godly thing to do?

I have no idea. That's one faith question that needs serious prayer.