It’s a joy to encourage you with today’s live to love scripture from John 13:14-15. If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.
Jesus had asked, “Do you know what I’ve done to you?” Now we have His explanation. As their only Lord and Teacher, He gave them an example so that they would do the same. Lest we miss it. They were to serve each other in love in His name. This was the direction and primary point of all that He taught them in His last hours with them. In perhaps less than 5-10 min He said, John 13:34-35 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." How had Jesus loved them? He had served a basic physical need by washing their feet. Moms, don’t think it is an insignificant task to change a diaper, wash clothes, or fix a meal in Jesus’ name. Dads, don’t despise filling your wife’s car with gas, fixing your child’s broken bike, or holding the door for someone in Jesus’ name. That’s how Jesus loves His own to the end and taught us to love with Him.
Acknowledgment: Music from “Carried by the Father” by Eric Terlizzi. www.ericterlizzi.com
