"My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments within you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; if you seek it like silver, and search for it as for hidden treasures- then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.” Proverbs 2:1-6

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:4-7

Thursday, March 15, 2012

What was Judas Thinking?!

“Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.  When they heard it, they were greatly pleased, and promised to give him money.  So he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.”  -Mark 14:10-11

Some of the gospels point to satan’s influence in Judas’ decision to betray Jesus.  Mark doesn't mention satan's involvement, but he was definitely all up in the plot to kill the Savior of the world. But let's think about something for a minute... Why would Judas hand over his Teacher, his companion of the past few years, this man he had grown to love?  Did Judas know how much Jesus loved him?  Did he have any idea what his actions would lead to?  I don’t know that he did...  Do we have any idea what our actions lead to?  Who might feel the effects of our actions?  How the world might be changed for someone, or for many?
Have you ever put your faith in something just to have your expectations completely shattered?  Jesus was supposed to be this mighty Messiah.  He was supposed to save the world.  People had come to depend on Him to heal, and teach, and show love.  So....How did His death make any sense?  How did His suffering on the cross coincide with His supposed unsurpassed strength and power?  It didn’t in people's tiny little pea brain way of understanding.  And so, with all the talk of His death, Judas gave up on Him as his Savior.  He decided in all his human wisdom (hahaha...human wisdom...funny, right?) that Jesus wasn’t the right kind of Savior for the world.  His expectations of the Almighty Son of God, didn’t line up with God’s plan for saving the world, so he was done with it.  Do we let our expectations get in the way of God’s plans?  Do we give up on Him because we can’t make sense of what He’s doing?  Because it doesn’t fit into the box we put Him in?  I know I do... In your prayers today, ask Him to help you to trust. To humble you so you can rejoice in following His sure path through and to paradise.


Prayer:  Saving God, We cannot understand You.  You are greater than we could ever imagine.  Your plans are greater than we could ever hope for.  Thanks for not giving up on us, even though we sometimes give up on you.  Amen 
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  1. XianJanuary 1, 2013 at 12:04 PM

    Interesting, and that could be part of it.
    Except that in Matthew 27:3, (Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he [Jesus] was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.) it is suggested that Judas thought that Jesus would either save himself, or he wouldn't be killed at all. So in my opinion, it is more likely that Judas betrayed Jesus for another reason.

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