RENEW REFRESH REFOCUS
CASNFCI SCRIPTURE
& PRAYER FOR THE DAY
Jesus replied,
“The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me ... Matthew 26:17-25.
At the table with Jesus, everything looked normal—bread, wine, fellowship. Yet, beneath the calm surface, something was broken. Jesus was surrounded by friends, but one of them harbored betrayal in his heart. When Jesus said, “One of you will betray Me,” the disciples were stunned. They didn’t point fingers. Instead, they asked, “Lord, is it I?” That question echoes through time and reaches us today. Sometimes the greatest enemy is not the one outside but the one within. It is the quiet compromise, the hidden sin, the thoughts we’ve justified, the feelings we’ve ignored. Judas didn’t start with betrayal. He started with little decisions—choices that slowly opened the door to the devil. Luke’s Gospel tells us that Satan entered him. But it was Judas who left that door open.
Jesus knew. Yet He didn’t expose Judas by name to the others. He gave him a chance—even a seat at the table. That’s grace. But grace must be received. Judas rejected it. We, too, sit at the table of grace. We worship, we serve, we pray. But what lies beneath the surface? What do we carry in secret? What spirit have we entertained? The tragedy of Judas wasn’t just the betrayal—it was that he didn’t return. He didn’t repent. The enemy within had consumed him.
Today, the Lord still speaks truth—truth that stings, but saves. The question is not just whether someone will betray Him, but whether I will deny Him in my actions, words, or silence. Search your heart. Ask the hard question: “Lord, is it I?” And if the answer convicts you, don’t run—return. He is still at the table, still calling, still reaching.
The
enemy within doesn’t have to win.
PRAYER
Lord, search my heart, expose hidden sin, and strengthen me to
stand strong to overcome the enemy within. I return. In Jesus’ name. Amen.