So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. – John 13:12-17
How important it is for us as followers of Christ – to imitate Christ in our day to day lives. Not just when we know we’re being watched by people, but when no one is watching – do our lives reflect Jesus? If Christ who is the head of all things, laid aside His rights as God to come to earth as a man, walk among us, wash our feet and die our death on the cross to give us salvation and restore man’s relationship to God – then how much so should we die to our own selves to love each other and lift one another up.
This is not a call to literally go out and start washing your neighbors feet, but it is a call to humility and self-sacrifice. It’s a life that seeks to lift others up in love, grace and humility, because that is what Jesus has done for you and I.
Have a blessed weekend!
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