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Serve or Be Served? (Mt 20:28; Mk 10:45; Jn 13:1-17)

8/2/2015

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Jesus knew that His time on earth was quickly coming to an end.  In His remaining moments we see Him filled with compassion for His own. He knows that without Him we tend to wander and go astray "like sheep without shepherd", and so He chooses, with the breath He still has, to lovingly & tenderly turn towards His disciples and continue to teach & build into them.  And in these last moments, one of the things He really wants them to get, to know & to own is that "He came not to be served but to serve." 

I believe this is key:  Knowing who He was, and whose He was, was enough - it was everything He needed (nothing else could add anything of substance or significance for him - including human accolades since "He knew what man was made of...").

With that, in this specific instance, He once again displays the act of a humble servant, removing His outer garment and wrapping Himself in a towel, He begins to wash his disciples smelly, dirt-caked feet...and then tells them to live out their lives in this same way. (John 13:1-17)

I'm reminded of Philippians 2:1-11 (the mind-set of Jesus) and, also, Mark 9 where God describes greatness in His eyes:  it doesn't consist of seeing wonders or performing miracles or even fasting & praying (all important); instead, greatness is about two things - humility & service (which both stem from love). These are the heart of the kingdom of heaven.

Keeping my eyes fixed on Jesus who came to humbly serve, dying to self & asking God to mold, shape & transform my life to look more & more as He intended.

love journeying together :)

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