Are You Willing To Wash Someone's Feet?

My Utmost For His Highest

“Drudgery is work that is far removed from anything we think of as ideal work. It is the utterly hard, menial, tiresome, and dirty work. And when we experience it, our spirituality is instantly tested and we will know whether or not we are spiritually genuine. Read John 13. In this chapter, we see the Incarnate God performing the greatest example of drudgery— washing fishermen’s feet. He then says to them, “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet” (John 13:14). The inspiration of God is required if drudgery is to shine with the light of God upon it. In some cases the way a person does a task makes that work sanctified and holy forever. It may be a very common everyday task, but after we have seen it done, it becomes different. When the Lord does something through us, He always transforms it. Our Lord takes our human flesh and transforms it, and now every believer’s body has become “the temple of the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:19).” CHAMBERS

Jesus said He did not come to be served but to serve (Matthew 20:28).  When He washed the disciples feet that was a picture of Him serving.  Peter resisted, at least initially, because Jesus serving in this way did not fit the picture of a conquering king, the Messiah.  But Jesus brought a new order of things.  The last will be first and the first will be last. (Matthew 19:30)  If you want to be great in God’s kingdom, learn to be a servant of all. It is the fulfillment of the second greatest commandment. (Matthew 22:39) Some people take the foot washing literally.  Nothing wrong with that, but I don’t want you to miss the point.  We should not be focused on ourselves but on others.  When we lose sight of that .. assuming we ever understood and practiced it … we live a life of spiritual drudgery.  Unfulfilled spiritual purpose.

OK, at risk of losing you in my example … when I was being trained in the Army to dig foxholes, we were taught to make Depuy fighting positions.  The idea was that your field of fire, where you were going to shoot, was not in front of you but in front of the foxhole next to you.  You were taking care of the person next to you and they were taking care of you.  Was it a risk? Yes.  It meant that you had to count on someone else to protect you.  That is the way it is “supposed to be” with the body of Christ.  That is the fulfillment of the second greatest commandment.  That is why you should not isolate yourself from other Christians.  Jesus said, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”  (John 13:35) ELGIN

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)