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10十二门徒之中，有一个加略人犹大去见祭司长，要把耶稣交给他们。11他们听见就欢喜，又应许给他银子，他就寻思如何得便，把耶稣交给他们。
犹大的故事是一个强有力的警告，我们对金钱的贪爱，会诱惑我们，破坏我们的信心。我们从其他福音书中知道，当马利亚用昂贵的香膏膏抹耶稣时，迅速表示反对，认为是巨大浪费的人就是犹大。我们也知道，犹大是12门徒里面管钱的，这是耶稣和门徒共同使用的钱，但是他却从钱库中偷钱。他觉得买香膏所花的钱完全是浪费，这些钱本可以给穷人的。但对犹大来说，只有进入自己口袋的钱，才算是没有浪费的钱。
这也标志着犹大的思想发生了可怕的转变。他认为耶稣不再“值得”他跟从了，因为耶稣生活在贫穷中但却知足。耶稣还称赞人的慷慨。他警告人们变得富有可能会面临的属灵的危险。犹大甚至可能有这样的希望，当耶稣建立一个世上的国度时，他可以去负责管理这个国度的钱财。犹大在追求地上的财宝时，放弃了最宝贵的财宝——耶稣。
我们觉得我们绝不会像犹大那样，但地上的财宝总是具有诱惑性的。当股市暴跌，你看到自己的投资遭受重创时，你会担心吗?要知道你的未来不在银行账户里面，而在耶稣里面。你是否曾为了“出人头地”而加班加点地工作，甚至牺牲敬拜的时间，而不愿意过简朴的、和家人在一起的生活?你以后会后悔的!你会因为没有过上邻居那样的生活而感到失望吗?
只有一件财宝值得我们用生命去守护，那就是我们在耶稣里的财宝。其他一切都会让我们失望，就像犹大最后才明白的那样。只有耶稣能满足我们灵魂的渴望。
祷告:主耶稣啊，除你以外，在天上我有谁呢？除你以外，在地上我也没有所爱慕的。我的肉体和我的心肠衰残，但 神是我心里的力量，又是我的福分，直到永远。阿们。(诗篇73)
Mark 14:10-11: Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. 11 They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over. (NIV)
The story of Judas is a powerful warning that the love of money can be seductive and destructive to our faith. We know from the other gospel that the person who quickly objected to Mary’s outrageous “waste” of expensive perfume was Judas. We also know that he was helping himself to what was in the common treasury of Jesus’ and his disciples. All that money wasted. It could have been given to the poor. And for Judas, the only money that wasn’t wasted was what found its way into his own pocket.
This also marked a terrible turn in Judas’ thinking. Jesus was no longer “worth” following, because Jesus was content to live in poverty. He praised generosity. He warned against being rich. He probably hoped that the earthly kingdom that he mistakenly thought Jesus would establish would need a trusted treasurer. In his pursuit of earthly treasures, Judas gave up on the greatest treasure of them all, Jesus.
We think we are not like Judas at all, but earthly treasures are seductive. Do you worry when the stock market tanks and you see your investments decimated? Your future is not in the bank, but in Jesus. Do you work ungodly hours to “get ahead” instead of living with less and enjoying your family more? You will regret that choice later! Are you disappointed because you can’t keep up with our neighbors?
There is only one Treasure that is worth guarding with our lives, and that is the treasure we have in Jesus. Everything else will disappoint us, as Judas learned. Only Jesus can satisfy our soul’s desire.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, whom have I in heaven but you? Earth has nothing I desire besides you. My strength and my heart may fail, but you are the strength of my life and my portion forever. Amen.(Psalm 73)