Judas - Appointed by God?
Judas has been on my mind lately. (I posted about him a while back and what could have happened if he had just held on to his life for a few more hours.)
It has struck me that Judas was called by Jesus just like the other disciples. He heard God’s call and was appointed. He was called to a position that very few have had the privilege of - to be counted as one of Jesus’ chosen few. Yes, he was chosen by Jesus himself. Accepted into the circle of friends. Privy to the inside teachings. One of the twelve. Present on those long dusty walks. Present in the boats; in the storm; while Jesus and Peter did the water walking. During the parties and the miracles. Bringing people back to life. Judas was there. Just imagine…
Yet the role that Judas had to play in history is not one that we think of when we think of someone appointed by God.
Greed. Betrayal. Shame. Heartache. Despair. Panic. Fear. A tree. A rope.
It’s made me think: Judas was no accident; he was chosen for a reason. Which leads to the question:
Is being called by God always a good thing?
What do you think? I wonder what Judas thinks…
March 13th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
Today, I wonder if it was a better thing to have the potential for change as Judas did in seeing so many signs of God first hand than it would be to be distant from that all and still reject God. I’m tending to think so.
If that’s the case, then it would be the answer we all have but struggle to embrace - being chosen by God is one of the hardest things we could ever experience with the best possible payoff we could ever find.
March 16th, 2007 at 11:25 am
That was a great effort by you Irish guys in the cricket!