Read: Luke 22; John 13
It is beyond my comprehension that Jesus washed Judas’ feet knowing that he would betray him. John said that Jesus loved them to the end. When Peter questioned his gesture of washing their feet since usually it was the servant that washed the master’s feet, Jesus answered that they would understand later. Washing their feet was like their baptism. Jesus was cleansing their “walk”. They were going to walk in the walk that Jesus walked and they needed clean feet to do it. God told Abraham to go walk the land. He told Joshua that where ever his feet touched he could claim. Jesus put all his enemies under his feet. Our walk needs to be clean.
He was also giving them the way of the kingdom which is to be a servant. The world says that the leaders lord their authority over their servants but Jesus laid down his authority to be a servant of all. We are to do that. The only one we don’t lay down to is the devil. He is the one we exercise authority over. It goes against our nature to be a servant and it is certainly not the world’s way. After he showed them the way of humility he gave them a new commandment which was to love one another as Jesus had loved them. He said that through this all would know that they were his disciples.
Lord, may we walk in love today.
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