Read: Matthew 26; Mark 14
The devil is okay to let us keep operating as long as we don’t understand our worth in the Lord and the authority we have. Mary understood who Jesus was and used her expensive perfume to anoint him for burial. Jesus didn’t hear what the disciples were saying but it said that he “understood” what they said which means that his spirit discerned their conversation. He explained to them why she was doing what she was doing and how everyone would honor her one day for doing this. Judas was so mad and jealous that he went straight to the priest to sell the body of Jesus. It probably upset him more when Jesus told all the disciples that one of them would betray him. It must have been a challenge to walk with a master that knew everything they said in secret. Surely Judas didn’t think he could get this one by Jesus. Jesus let him know that he didn’t and that he wasn’t going to stop him. This is the greatest picture of our free will. Jesus knew Judas had betrayed him and was trying to give him a chance to change his mind but Judas still went through with it. Before the night was over, all the disciples were offended because of Jesus.
We have all been there. I have been upset because my prayers didn’t get answered in the timing and manner I thought they should. Peter, who was one of Jesus righthand men denied him three times because he was confused about what was happening. I just have to remind myself that there is a resurrection. Only the things that are suppose to live again will. The rest remains dead and sometimes their are dreams and prayers that need to lay dead. We can trust that God’s purposes which are always best will rise again in the right timing.
Lord, we trust your timing and your power.
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