Wednesday of Holy Week: reflection
Reading: Mt 26:14–25
Did you notice the innocent appearance Judas put up at table in the gospel reading of today? He knew he was guilty of what Jesus was saying, but he sat at table calmly and pretended to be innocent. He even joined the other apostles in asking if he was the one who would betray Jesus, even though he had just returned from selling Jesus to His enemies for thirty silver coins. In his mind, he had successfully concealed his evil from everyone.
Yes, he successfully hid his sin from his fellow humans, the apostles, but not from Jesus, for nothing is hidden from God; He knows us more than we know ourselves and sees everything, including the ones we do in secret. It was for this reason that the Psalmist said: “You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you discern my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. (Ps 139:1–4)
Every time we commit a sin, we are tempted to behave like Judas. We are often tempted to hide our sins from people so that we will escape human judgement and condemnation. Most times, we are also tempted to think that since we have successfully hidden our sins from human beings, they are also hidden from God. In this way, we continue to wallow in sins believing that nobody is seeing us.
Dear friends, God sees the innermost part of our hearts and knows everything we have done, the ones we are doing and the ones we have planned to do. We can’t hide from him for a second. So, He keeps record of all we are doing and will hold us accountable for them. We are, therefore, advised to be careful what we do, we might successfully conceal our crimes from humans but not from God.
May your activities this Wednesday be abundantly blessed. Amen