LIFE SCRIPTS

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over. On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.” The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.” They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, “Surely you don’t mean me?” “It is one of the Twelve,” he replied, “one who dips bread into the bowl with me. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
Mark 14:10‭-‬21 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/mrk.14.10-21.NIV.

Judas Iscariot entertained the thought of betraying Christ to the chief priest and his mob. Of course he would get a payment for it. So when Christ sat with His disciples to have the passover meal, He spoke to them about His betrayer. He told them that he was seated among them dipping bread into the drink just like them but deceived by the evil one. Judas being one of the less dramatic disciples must have been inconspicuous among the rest. However his assignment was well defined… To betray Christ to His crucifixion. Christ said it would have been better for him not to have been born. The wicked one penetrated into Christ’s inner circle. But God had allowed it. There was a purpose to be fulfilled by this act of betrayal. God doesn’t just use the good things happening in our lives for His purposes but also the not so good things. Judas’ betrayal of Christ served a greater purpose. It was part of the scheme of things that would lead to Christ’s crucifixion for you and I to obtain forgiveness. God uses all situations to work to His glory. The good, the bad and the ugly situations.