Will turn against you. This is just a fact of life. It’s only a matter of who and when.
David wrote a song about it. Jesus quoted a line from that song while sitting around the Passover table with his disciples—what would prove to be their last together. The gears of betrayal, as he was trying to explain, were already in motion.
Even my close friend,
Psalms 41:9
someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
has turned against me.
Not exactly a feel-good radio hit. But it did make it into the Bible. And at least it’s honest.
So what’s one to do? Well, the next time someone you used to have over for dinner ends up stabbing you in the back, learn how to finish singing the song.
But may you have mercy on me, Lord;
Psalms 41:10-13
raise me up, that I may repay them.
I know that you are pleased with me,
for my enemy does not triumph over me.
Because of my integrity you uphold me
and set me in your presence forever.
Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.
A cry for mercy. A little comeuppance. God’s pleasure displayed as protection. Some integrity. Some time in God’s presence. And unending praise and worship.
Even betrayal is not the end, but an invitation into a more tangible experience of the Divine.
