# 689 Today's Du-votional comes from: Mr 14:10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Him to them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. So he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.
In John's account of this event, we know it was Judas who said, “Why wasn't the money spent on this perfume given to the poor?” And Jesus replied to him, “leave her alone.”
Isn't it amazing that such a seemingly mild rebuke can trigger such a major snit?
Admit it, there have been times when those closest to you have rebuked you and you went off on your own little snit! “I'll show him!” or “I'll show her!” There's a little bit of Judas in all of us.
Never forget that Judas was a thief. Money was the most important thing in his life, and this money spent on perfume could've been in the treasury where he could've gotten his greedy little hands on it. And in the mind of a thief, he believes he is now owed some re-imbursement. And he had an idea where he might get it.
Why not turn Jesus over to the authorities? Surely they would be willing to pay him to turn Jesus over to them in such a way that the arrest would be done quietly without stirring up the masses!
I don't think Judas believed the situation would get that far out of hand. Well, it did, and you know what?
We should all think about that before we go off in our little snits.
Father, guard my heart, from this mindset. Let me be open to rebuke, lest my mind and heart become a playground for the devil,
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