April 18, 2019 Maunday Thursday

“1 ¶ Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, 4 rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. 5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. 6 Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, “Lord, are You washing my feet?” 7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.” 8 Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.” 9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.” 11 For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not all clean.” 12 So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? 13 “You call me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. 14 “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 “For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. 16 “Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17 “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” (John 13:1-17 NKJV)

There is a difference between serving and being a servant. Here we see Jesus serving and this tiny view of the life of Jesus should remind us how Jesus was a servant to us all throughout His life! God Who deserves praise, worship and our obedience came to serve.

This description of Jesus is more than a reflection of the Father but a revelation of who God is!!! Seeing Jesus is seeing the Father and the most direct way we can see and know God. This brief description is a 3D view of God as these words in the written word of God allow us to not just see God but experience God.

Whatever our understanding of God we can see who God really is. Over three years we are given a revelation of who God really is, how God lives, how God responds, and the impact God has on people. In Jesus we experience the fullness of humanity and the fullness of God! DO NOT LOSE YOUR WONDER OF GOD THROUGH “FAMILIARITY”!

Serve as you are being served, love as you are being loved and experience the wonder of God!!!