Can you make it 3 days?

Matthew 27: 3-5
When Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned; he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priest and the elders. He said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.” Throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he went and hanged himself.”

It is difficult to wait. The psalmist said, “I waited patiently for the Lord, and He has heard my cry.” How are you in your waiting? I find that most of the time, patience is often hard to come by. Isaiah talks about those that “wait upon the Lord, shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles.” Adam Hamilton asks the question, “What is Judas waited three days before taking his life?” How would the world be different? Imagine the testimony and story he would have. He sold Jesus out to death for thirty pieces of silver. He had come under the power of the tempter and enemy of God, and did not resist. He had done the unthinkable. But grace would have abounded. God’s sufficiency of grace would have been available to even the betrayer. We learned how Jesus fed Judas before revealing that he was the betrayer. Would Jesus not love and forgive Judas? You and I know he would- because He has done so with us. What are you waiting for? Can you make it through the night? Could you wait for three days?