Please read John 13:1-17.
What example did Jesus set for His disciples?
Why do you think it is so difficult for us to serve other people?
How would you have felt knowing that one of the very one whose feet you were preparing to wash had already in his heart to betray you?
As I read through this passage I pondered many of these same questions. I don’t think I would have had trouble washing the feet of some of the disciples because they were heart friends. Jesus knew that they would be with Him through thick and thin even to the end, but a couple of them like Peter and Judas I might have had a little grudging feeling toward. Jesus set the example not just to serve those you favor, but to serve those who don’t always come up to your standard of approval as well.
In the days ahead we will be serving many. Please pray that you will have the heart of Christ as you serve. As outsider’s people will be watching every facial expression and movement you make. Remember that the gospel is not just communicated by words but by actions.