Betrayal

John, in the New Testament, describes in chapter 13, the intimate evening Jesus had with His disciples. They had been out in the public scene and had come in for an evening of reclining and dining together.

Quite suddenly, so it seemed to the disciples, Jesus stands up and begins to take off his outer garment. This would prevent his garment from getting in the way of what He needed to do next.

He needed to flesh out a paradigm shift in thinking. He was going to practice the servant's responsibility of washing everyone's feet....including the one.

You know the one. The one who had recently been spun by Satan and been given the gift of an evil idea. The idea to betray Jesus. So, here and now, while Jesus is preparing to serve the disciples by washing their feet, Judas, the one, is still stewing and brewing on the idea of what he could do with a few pieces of silver.

Jesus knew it.
Jesus washed his feet anyway.

Okay, so.... what does this mean? Does it mean I serve and move towards my enemy in love?
Does it mean I sluff it off as a superhuman thing that only Jesus could and should do? Does it mean .....you fill in the blank.

The application changes with our circumstances, but the principle remains.
Principle: Jesus came to make sweeping shifts in the way human beings think and act towards one another and to make a way for us to be cleansed, through necessary blood sacrifice, from the inside out and thereby obtain a living and organic relationship with Him, the One who created us in the first place.
Application: No matter where we've been or what we've done, Jesus, knowing what we were going to do, died anyway 2000 years ago. Because I have my being and identity in Him, I can show this grace likewise in my actions, perceptions, and interactions with/of Judas kinds of people; and by the way, remember when you hadn't gotten it yet?

I'm asking God to get Easter deeper into my spirit, down into my bones, and help me breathe the reality of what it means for my life TODAY in all my dealings with people and life.
I desire Easter to thrive in my mind, will, and emotions.

Who is your Judas? How is Easter affecting you and your Judas? Maybe your Judas is a habit or a hang up that betrays you every day and fools you into some false belief you repeatedly act upon. Just sayin, and thinkin....

Share what the events of Easter are doing in your life and the circumstances surrounding your Judas...