The Word of God for wisdom:
Proverbs 11:1-3 (NLT)
1 The LORD detests the use of dishonest scales, but he delights in accurate weights.
2 Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
3 Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people.
The Word of God for inspiration:
Psalm 52:8-9 (NLT)
8 But I am like an olive tree, thriving in the house of God. I will always trust in God's unfailing love.
9 I will praise you forever, O God, for what you have done. I will trust in your good name in the presence of your faithful people.
The Word of God for encouragement:
Mark 14:18 (HCSB)
18 While they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, "I assure you: One of you will betray Me—one who is eating with Me!"
My observation:
In today's meditation I was impressed to focus on Judas, who Jesus referred to at the gathering of the Last Supper in the above verse.
Here are some things we know about Judas:
He was a betrayer.
Luke 22:48 (HCSB)
48 but Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"
He was a thief.
John 12:6 (HCSB)
6 He didn't say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief. He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.
Jesus knew that his life of evil would not change.
John 6:70 (HCSB)
70 Jesus replied to them, "Didn't I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is the Devil!"
My prayer:
Psalm 52:2-3 (HCSB)
2 Like a sharpened razor, your tongue devises destruction, working treachery.
3 You love evil instead of good, lying instead of speaking truthfully. Selah
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I pray that I will not be like the people that the Psalmist spoke of, and I pray that I will not be like Judas who Jesus chose to be one of the twelve disciples. Father God, I want to be like the Psalmist.
Psalm 52:8 (HCSB)
8 But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I trust in God's faithful love forever and ever.
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Mark 4:20 (ESV)
20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."
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