Serve well

“You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.”Philippians‬ ‭2‬:‭5‬ ‭NLT‬‬

When I think of the greatest challenge Jesus faced and kept His attitude right, I think of the last supper when He tells His disciples He is struggling with what He is about to face and they start arguing about who is the greatest. About here we would all lose our calm, if it was still intact. However, Jesus sees an opportunity to teach them a very good lesson. He washes their feet.

Washing feet was a role for the lowest of low servants. Yet, here was their master washing their feet. He finalised it with, ‘ the greatest of all should be the servant of all’. Although He had warned them that they would all desert Him, they failed to register. Peter even argues that even if all the others would run away, he wouldn’t. Jesus corrects him, prophesying that even before the rooster crowed he would deny Jesus three times, and he did.

Jesus showed us the way. We need to serve one another, not just those from who we might benefit, and not to be noticed. 

Serve well!