In the middle of Holy Week, Judas makes a deal to betray Jesus.
Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?’ And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.” (Matthew 26:14-16)
Jesus knows Judas is going to do this. If you’ve been through a season of Lent or two, you know Judas is going to do it.
But the other disciples didn’t. They had no reason to not trust Judas. They even trusted him with the money purse. In our world, I guess he would have their Venmo on his phone.
I think the hardest lesson from Wednesday is the reality that people close to us will let us down. Some of you have already experienced this from people in your own family, in the church, or at work.
And guess what? You’ve hurt them, too. They thought they knew you. They thought they could trust you.
But something else got in the way. What was it? Money? Pride? Selfishness? Busyness? Suddenly someone you cared about wasn’t important anymore.
Ok, enough of that. Who can you trust? Jesus. Other stuff doesn’t get in the way. He gives it all, his life, for you.
Waite for it... 