Wednesday, March 27

John 13:21-32

In our verses for today, we see Jesus and His disciples eating at the Last Supper. Even here at this setting, Jesus was still teaching His disciples about the ministry that they were going to be carrying on.

He washed their feet at the beginning of the evening. Now they were eating, and Jesus was predicting His betrayal by one of His own close friends. Of course, none of them believed that it was possible for that to happen and each one thought that there was no way it was me that would do that.

I wonder what was going through Jesus’ mind. He was going to make the ultimate sacrifice in just a few hours for all twelve of His disciples, yes even Judas. Judas, just like the other eleven were worth dying for. You and I are worth dying for. When Jesus went to that old rugged cross, He had every human being on His mind and He said, “You are worth dying for, I love you.”

Maybe today, you feel like Judas, who sold out Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. Maybe you feel like Peter, who swore to Jesus that he would never deny Him and yet he did. And the other ten disciples all ran out when Jesus needed their support the most.

Judas made a choice to not come back and tell Jesus he was sorry. Peter and the other ten came back and Jesus met with them after He arose from the dead, and He still continued to teach and train them to help carry out the kingdom’s work.

If you are faithfully serving the Lord today, praise God, keep on keeping on. If you need to come back to Jesus, He is waiting, and He wants to forgive you and then help you become a kingdom worker too. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” We all are the whoever, the gift of grace is for everyone.

Brad Hankey