Thursday, June 11, 2009

Do You Know What Jesus Did?


I have been studying John 13 in my new Bible study. Do you know what Jesus did in the first few verses? He made Himself as a lowly servant and washed the feet of the disciples. This task was so menial that the disciples would not have even washed each others' feet, much less have their Master wash their feet! Jesus gladly, purposefully stooped below the status of the disciples to demonstrate true humility and servanthood. But there's more. Jesus washed the feet of His betrayer. Jesus knew Judas was going to betray Him, yet He lovingly cleaned the feet of that man.  Would not you and I be more than offended if we served a person who later betrayed us? Yet Jesus already knew it and He served the traitor anyway. What love, what humility, what a lesson. The King of the universe stooping to the feet of proud, ignorant, sinful men and making Himself their servant. No person is too lowly for you and me to serve. If Jesus can do it, so must we.  

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