Greatly distressed, each one asked in turn, 

"Am I the one, Lord?"

...

As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. 

Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, 

"Take this and eat it, for this is my body."

Matthew 26:21-22, 26 NLT

They were all distressed. Judas had just been identified as "the one". 

Everyone was off balance, not quite sure what was going on.

And what does Jesus do?

Apart from continuing to eat dinner he instigstes what we often now call "communion". 

In the midst of what must've been sacttered thoughts and emotions amongst the disciples, including Judas, Jesus brings the focus back to who He is, and what He is about to do.

And he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. 

He gave it to them and said, 

"Each of you drink from it, for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many."

Matthew 26:27-28 NLT

Even when we're off balance, unsure, maybe like Judas in outright rebellion, Jesus invites us in, offers himself, pours himself out, to make a way, to become the way, confirming a covenant that God has already made. 

We are indeed beloved. 

#easter

#youareBeloved