Lent Day 36

John 13:1-17

Of course we want to pay attention to everything Jesus said and did but especially what He made time for during His last moments before His death. After three years with His disciples, on their last evening together, knowing that He had only a short time before being tortured and killed, Jesus decided to wash their feet. It's even more important to pay attention since Jesus specifically said that His followers should wash one another's feet. In our culture we might not obey that literally by removing shoes and keeping a water basin close by, but we obey by serving each other, especially in ways we don't want to. Perhaps there's a chore in your family or workplace that no one wants to do; choosing to be the one to do that chore cheerfully is a way to honor Jesus. Perhaps there's a person you see regularly who you don't really like; going out of your way to speak to that person or bring them a present is a way to wash their feet. Washing the feet of another person means doing something you really don't want to, and doing it cheerfully and with great love. It can be small or large and you gain extra "points" if the person you serve never even notices your service. Jesus made this an important aspect of being His disciple by His timing and His words; choose today to be His disciple by washing the feet of another person just like He did.