Letting Jesus Serve, Through Us

Good Morning!! During the last meal Jesus shared with His disciples, He gave them way more than they were ready for,...He was simultaneously putting them in their place, and communicating who they would shortly become in Him, after Pentecost. No doubt, they were a little confused and conflicted in those moments. He had just told Peter that unless he let Him serve him by washing his feet, he had no place with Him. " You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand. "(John 13:7) Jesus had just reversed the roles, then He changed the rules, and then He threw them a major curve ball: 

When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one anothers' feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.—John 13:12-17 (NIV)

Do verses like these feel like a burden to you? They shouldn't, if you consider the full 'example' that Jesus set for us. He was fully dependent on the Father every step of the way. God moved Him so that He could serve us,...and now He calls us to the same. This very Jesus, the servant Jesus, lives in us. As we live in Him, it will become the most natural thing in the world, for us to serve others.

Just know that God has placed you where you are,...so that He can serve others, through you.

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Lord Jesus, make us servant! No, more than that,...would You serve through us today? We are fully dependent on You to love, and serve those around us,...particularly the difficult ones! We stand aside, surrendering our self-efforts. We give in to Your Spirit in us… give us some feet to wash. Amen!

"So even if we've chosen the Lord God in the past,...the real challenge; like Joshua is to choose This Day, whom we will serve."