"Jesus does a mean pedicure!"Often at meals when someone entertaining guests, their servants would wash the feet of those in attendance. As you can imagine, it was not a highly sought after responsibility. Most likely the servant who was the lowest in rank would have to perform the task.
Now Jesus flips the whole thing on its head. Rather than it being a servant who did it... the Master did it, and set an important example while he did.
What is most interesting about this is the words that set the situation up.
1 ... Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end. 2 It was time for supper ... Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. 4 So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, 5 and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples' feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.
Jesus realizes that all authority has been given to him... SO he gets up and washes the disciples feet.
I know that in my life, I always wanted to be in charge because I thought that was the way to get what I wanted. When Jesus realized that he was fully in charge, he took it on himself to do the lowest available task... to serve in the most dirty and unappreciated way...
Then he said we should do the same...
How are you doing at being a servant? Have you been able to use your position in life and status to serve others.... If you are an 8th grader, or the oldest sibling, or even just a little above someone else you have an opportunity to live and love like Jesus by voluntarily choosing to serve... even when no one is going to make you.
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