August 11th 2009 Journal

I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. John 13:15

When John 13 takes place it was custom to have an area for people to wash their feet. The roads were not paved and were pretty much loose gravel and dirt. There were no cars so you could imagine what the feet of of someone who wore sandals looked like back in this day. Jesus does something extremely incredible in this chapter he washes the feet of the disciples including the disciple who would betray him. After all is said and done Jesus say's "I have given you an example to follow, Do as I have done to you." So I asked myself what are the examples that we see that Christ is asking of me today.

There are three things that I see in the example of Jesus washing the feet of the disciples:

Humility

Servanthood

Forgiveness

These three areas do not come easy. Matter of fact for most people none of these characterisitcs come naturally. Jesus said follow my example so if I am to do this what must I do. I took self inventory and came up with the following:

Humility- It's not about me being right it's about what's the right thing to do.

Servanthood- It's not about me being a slave, it's about putting values on others before myself.

Forgivness- It's more for me then for the other person that has offended or hurt me.

Do as I have done to You ~ Jesus