Isaiah 50:4-9 / Matthew 26:14-25
Babies are a joy to behold. Besides the fact that they are cute and chubby, they can also make us talk baby language to them.
Somehow when we are with babies, we end up talking like them. But of course the difference is that we know why we are talking that way to them, often gurgling as they do, and not making much sense, either to them or to ourselves.
But normally speaking, we know what we are talking about. Also we have enough of intelligence and rational to know what we are doing and why we are doing it.
We can also presume that Judas Iscariot knew what he was doing. Why he wanted to hand Jesus over to the chief priests and subsequently to look for an opportunity to betray Him, there are many theories for his motive.
We cannot know for sure what his real motive was. The gospel did not tell us nor did Jesus point it out.
But Jesus did try to awaken and enlighten Judas by saying that the Son of Man is going to His fate, but alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. Better for that man if he had never been born.
Those are strong jolting words, and the one who was guilty would know it was meant for him.
But those words of Jesus were meant for Judas to recall who he was and the purpose of his life. He was born into this world for a good purpose. And now he was destroying all that.
Jesus came to show us how to fulfill our life's destiny by doing the will of God. We came into this world for God's purpose. May it be fulfilled as we come to the end of our lives.