I have been meditating on these verses from John 13:26-30,

26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it.” And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. 27 Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.” 28 But no one at the table knew for what reason He said this to him. 29 For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus had said to him, “Buy those things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.
30 Having received the piece of bread, he then went out immediately. And it was night.

I have been wondering how Jesus felt when He passed the bread to Judas Iscariot and similarly, how Judas Iscariot felt when he received the bread from Jesus. Judas’s reaction was pretty clear for me in verse 30. He did what his heart told him to do and yes, he did it quickly as suggested from the word “immediately”.

Jesus’s reaction, however, wasn’t very clear for me. The only clue I got was in verse 27 when he said, “What you do, do quickly.”

What was Jesus trying to bring out? I mean the sentence would project a pretty neutral feeling if you just glance through it. Of course, God wouldn’t impress me with these few verses for no good reason. I prayed and asked God what was He trying to tell me and I felt that what Jesus wanted to do at that point in time was to get Judas Iscariot to make a clear stand – was he going to follow Jesus or betray him.

I guess God likes people to be hot or dead cold. He hates people in the lukewarm category. For Judas Iscariot, he belonged to the lukewarm category and Jesus wanted him to just make a decision. I mean you can’t follow God and mammon at the same time. I think that’s what God was trying to bring out. And we all know that, sadly, Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus in the end.

Whatever the case, a tree without roots cannot survive for long. Are you a fickle-minded person or a rooted person?