Jesus Washed His Disciples’ Feet
John 13:4 So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.
The disciples were Jesus’ closest friends. They walked with him for 3 1/2 years and the night before his death he washes their feet. Think of all the things he could have said, thought, or even done the night before his death. Pride, resentment, anger, or even sadness would have all been understandable reactions for you and I if we were in Christ’s shoes. But Jesus, not thinking of himself or his impending suffering, showed love for his followers. Think about Judas. Jesus washed the very feet that would later lead the Pharisees and the guards to arrest him. He knelt before Judas, knowing full well that he would be his betrayer, and washed his grungy feet. Why the feet? It is the dirtiest, nastiest, most unclean part of the body. Walk around barefoot for a day and then look at the bottoms of your feet.
None of us are any better than Judas. We have all betrayed Jesus at some point. All of us have turned our back on Christ at some point in our life. We were not there to drive the nails through his hands, but we sinned. Our sin is what sent Christ to the cross. Romans 5:8 But God loved us so much that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. Christ had full knowledge that while he washed his disciples’ feet and while he died on the cross, that every man thereafter would still be filthy rags. Thank God that Christ wasn’t consumed with our unrighteousness. Thank you Christ for being so humble that you were willing to die.
Matt 20:28 Just as the Son Of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
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