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You're listening to the Experiencing God Day-by-day podcast brought to you by Black
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and Me Ministries International.
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March 22, the Unthinkable, Mark 14, verse 18.
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While they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, I assure you, one of you will be
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betray Me, one who is eating with Me.
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Surely I would never betray the Lord.
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Each disciple earnestly pled his loyalty to Christ.
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As they reclined together in the comfort and security of the upper room, in the presence
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of their Lord, the disciples could not imagine themselves ever wavering in their loyalty
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Yet Jesus looked at them and said, one of you who eats with Me will betray Me.
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How was it possible to share such an intimate and profound moment with the Savior, and
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then rush so quickly toward betrayal and spiritual failure?
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During the intense pressures of Gethsemane and the Cross, the disciples did things they
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never thought they would do.
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They had no idea how cruel and hateful the world around them would be to their Lord.
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Jesus had cautioned them that the world would hate them because it hated Him.
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John 15 verses 18 to 21, John 16 verse 33.
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But only Jesus knew the full extent of the temptation they would face.
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In the pressure of the moment, the heart does surprising things.
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Scripture had predicted Judas would betray Jesus, despite having walked with Him for over
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But Peter too would deny Him, and all would forsake Him.
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How quickly the surroundings of your life can shift from the security and tranquility
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of an upper room to the harsh reality of Gethsemane and the Cross?
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Listen now to the Lord's gentle warning.
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The failure that was possible with His first disciples is also possible with you.
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You too are capable of forsaking Jesus, just as the first disciples did.
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If Jesus is warning you of an area in your life in which you could fail Him, heed His
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This podcast is based on the book Experiencing God Day by Day by Henry and Richard Blackaby,
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published by B&H Publishing Group, Music by Mark Brown.
