I called him and his brother, they were not perfect but I saw so much potential as i submitted to God’s plan. Taking a risk for eternity is still a risk like all others, Lord grant me a wise and discerning heart.
His mother-in law was dying with a fever, his family problems were not really my business or responsibility but I healed her anyway. Going out of your way to support people in their hour of need won’t guarantee they’ll same for you when you need them.
I took him up to places I didn’t take others and shared certain things with him I didn’t disclose to others yet he betrayed me. Spending lots of time with people and exposing certain parts of yourself to people is grossly inadequate to conclude they really know you and your purpose.
He was the first who knew and proclaimed who I was yet he denied he knew me. Our mental knowlege of God void of both a personal encounter and commitment to follow Jesus will be exposed in time of trials and troubles.
He was close to me, a part of my inner circle, yet he said he had never met me, he fled like others. Not everyone you think is close to you has your best interest at heart.
He was the first to do what others had not done, or say what others were incapable of thinking, while others thought he had lost he mind, he walked on water until he took his eyes off me. Someone people are serving the Lord only to impress others, not everyone has the mind of Christ.
I changed his name to match his new identity, others must have wondered why I did that him and not to others but he chose to deny me under intense pressure. When life gets rough and tough, pressure and pain will expose our inauthentic selves.
He rebuked me about pursuing my assignment, as if I was sent to earth to live a comfortable or easy life, after he betrayed me, he would learn firsthand much later the cost to obey and follow God. Beware of people who are attracted to who you are but unwilling to go the extra mile.
He asked so many questions every now and then as if he was learning so much, when he betrayed me, I wondered if the word was taking any root or would bear fruit. External spiritual activity isn’t synonymous to the internal work of God’s Spirit.
After all the time I spent with him and the others explaining the arrival of God’s kingdom, he kept asking what else I would give them or do for them. Not everyone is making an intentional sacrifice to follow Jesus, beware of those looking only to satisfy their selfish ambitions.
He never washed other people’s feet but when I asked to wash his, he was demanding that I wash his whole body. Beware of people who expect you to be and do so much for them but won’t lift a finger when it’s their turn.
He claimed he would die with me and never disown me, exonerating himself to be the last man standing after everyone flees but when we both heard the cock crow twice, we knew those were merely empty words. Don’t trust what people say, watch how they treat you when life doesn’t go as planned.
Hours before my crucifixion, I took him and two others hoping they will ‘hold up my arms’ like Aaron & Hur but they slept and snored while I laboured in prayers alone. When push comes to shove, we can’t really trust anyone but only lean on the Lord.
After my resurrection, he was uncertain if I was really alive, he went back home, not knowing what to do, then went back to fishing forgetting all I had ever told him especially. You can pour out your life into people but they will still do what they want to do.
Do not trust in a friend. Do not put your confidence in a companion. Micah 7.5
But Jesus didn’t entrust his life to them. He knew them inside and out, knew how untrustworthy they were. He didn’t need any help in seeing right through them. John 2.24-25