Judas gets a bad rap really doesn’t he? We look at this situation and we think yep, Judas is up to no good, moaning about wasting the money. We think, all he really wants, is the money for himself. Why do we think that? Because we know what Judas ends up doing, we know that he betrays Jesus. And we are right, we can sit here, and point the finger at Judas, knowing that he ends up the bad guy. It’s probably like that at school or college as well. Let’s say that I told you, that someone had their wallet or purse stolen from your school or college. Who do you think did it? I bet, someone came to mind, didn’t they? Yep, you thought, I bet it was so and so, they are bound to be the thief. But who put us into the judgment seat? Who said we were the ones to point he finger? Actually God is pretty straight about this, we are not to judge people, we are not to judge anyone, that’s his job. We don’t know what caused Judas to do what he did, and we don’t know about his past. In the same way, we don’t know about the guys who do things we don’t like in our lives. We don’t know what makes them do it, or about their past. Maybe next time something happens, our first thought shouldn’t be, who’s to blame, but maybe it should be, who needs our help?
