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I’m quite sure everyone had experienced betrayal to a certain degree at least once in our lives. Perhaps it was something as simple as someone having promised to keep a secret but started babbling like a canary the moment he was asked the question. Or something as serious as someone we loved having left us for someone else. Or a business partner swindling us of our investment. Or it could be our superior marking down our performance appraisal on instructions from the top. Or a supplier reneging on a promise to deliver having sold our goods or components to the highest bidder.
Betrayal can take many forms but for Christ, He knew who would betray Him and He allowed that to happen so that what was foretold before may be played out before the eyes of mankind. At that moment in time, someone needed to point out to the arresting party who exactly was Jesus and that person was Judas Iscariot. There was something inside Judas that made him do what he did and that’s probably why he was the one who fulfilled the prophesy. Jesus knew it will happen and yet He chose to go through it. He didn’t choose to foil it so that He is not betrayed. There was a larger purpose in play and that is the redemption and salvation of mankind.
There must be a bigger reason why we had to go through what we went through. Perhaps it is to prepare us for mighty things that God will be doing in our life. That our heart is strengthened by our experiences and our spirit is thus not easily defeated like a fragile piece of pottery. Our resolve is like steel, not easily cracked. We excel under pressure. Things like that.
If we knew like Jesus we would be betrayed, I’m sure we will do all we can to prevent it. But we will not know. We dont even know what will happen to us the next minute or the next hour. So let the greater good prevail. Let God work in us through that experience, bitter as it might have been. Let the Lord wash away all the hurt, bitterness and hatred this Easter weekend and let bygones be bygones. Let’s instead hold on to the promise and plan of God declared by Paul in Romans 8:28 that He will work all things together for the good of those who love Him and who are called according to His purpose. He has a purpose for our life and He has a purpose for all that we are going through and have gone through. Trust Him to work things out for our good. In due time, in due course – we will see the wisdom of His ways.
Ronnie's Thoughts 