{"id":4486,"date":"2020-11-30T16:31:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T21:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=4486"},"modified":"2020-11-30T16:32:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T21:32:44","slug":"the-blessing-of-washing-each-others-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/30\/the-blessing-of-washing-each-others-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blessing of Washing Each Other’s Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bread is broken and the wine is sipped\u2026<\/h6>\n
Each heart questioning as the towel is gripped.<\/h6>\n
Standing, facing each one of those I\u2019ve come to know<\/h6>\n
Those I\u2019ve watched, learn and grow\u2026<\/h6>\n
My disciples\u2026<\/h6>\n
I bow to wash their feet.<\/h6>\n
Kneeling before Peter, he says, No!<\/h6>\n
Peter, if you do not let me wash your feet,<\/em><\/h6>\n
You will have no life with me.<\/em><\/h6>\n
“Then Jesus, not just my feet, wash my hands and head as well!”<\/h6>\n
You are already clean; I only need to wash your dirty feet!<\/em><\/h6>\n
Then you will receive the inheritance with me.<\/em><\/h6>\n
You see,<\/h6>\n
Jesus didn\u2019t come to be served but to serve\u2026<\/h6>\n
Giving to the poor, he waits at the door<\/h6>\n
To be welcomed in, he\u2019s a gentleman\u2026<\/h6>\n
Would you be willing to let Jesus wash your feet?<\/h6>\n
Would you wash your neighbor\u2019s feet?<\/h6>\n
Christian brother, Christian sister\u2026<\/h6>\n
Would you give up your favored seat, to a stranger from the street?<\/h6>\n
Would you smile beneath the mask that keeps others at arm\u2019s length?<\/h6>\n
Would you give a few dollars to someone you meet?<\/h6>\n
The homeless man\/woman needing food to eat?<\/h6>\n
Would you gossip about the unsavory ones the outcasts in society\u2026?<\/h6>\n
Tell me, is this your reality?<\/h6>\n
Now some may say, \u201cHow dare you judge me.\u201d<\/h6>\n
But truly, would you wash another\u2019s feet?<\/h6>\n
Would you wash Jesus\u2019s feet?<\/h6>\n
God is always teaching us and showing us how we are to treat\u2026<\/h6>\n
All people, that we meet.<\/h6>\n
\u201cThe King will reply, \u2018Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.\u201d Matthew 25:40<\/em><\/h6>\n
Humility is the beginning of surrender.<\/h6>\n
The one who washes feet and the one who receives the feet washing, both benefit from the experience.<\/h6>\n
Both become humbled in the process\u2026let go of pride for this is why~<\/h6>\n
There\u2019s a blessing to receive when we wash our another\u2019s feet!<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill November 30, 2020<\/h6>\n
John 13:1-17\u00a0The Passion Translation<\/h6>\n
Jesus Washes Feet<\/h6>\n
13\u00a0Jesus knew that the night before Passover would be his last night on earth before leaving this world to return to the Father\u2019s side. All throughout his time with his disciples, Jesus had demonstrated a deep and tender love for them. And now he longed to show them the full measure of his love.[a<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a02\u00a0<\/sup>Before their evening meal had begun, the accuser[b<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0had already planted betrayal[c<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.<\/h6>\n
3\u00a0<\/sup>Now Jesus was fully aware that the Father had placed all things under his control, for he had come from God and was about to go back to be with him.\u00a04\u00a0<\/sup>So he got up from the meal and took off his outer robe, and took a towel and wrapped it around his waist.\u00a05\u00a0<\/sup>Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples\u2019 dirty feet and dry them with his towel.<\/h6>\n
6\u00a0<\/sup>But when Jesus got to Simon Peter, he objected and said, \u201cI can\u2019t let you wash my dirty feet\u2014you\u2019re my Lord!\u201d<\/h6>\n
7\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus replied,\u00a0\u201cYou don\u2019t understand yet the meaning of what I\u2019m doing, but soon it will be clear to you.\u201d[d<\/a>]<\/sup><\/h6>\n
8\u00a0<\/sup>Peter looked at Jesus and said, \u201cYou\u2019ll never wash my dirty feet\u2014never!\u201d<\/h6>\n
\u201cBut Peter, if you don\u2019t allow me to wash your feet,\u201d Jesus responded, \u201cthen you will not be able to share life with me.\u201d<\/h6>\n
9\u00a0<\/sup>So Peter said, \u201cLord, in that case, don\u2019t just wash my feet, wash my hands and my head too!\u201d<\/h6>\n
10\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus said to him,\u00a0\u201cYou are already clean. You\u2019ve been washed completely and you just need your feet to be cleansed\u2014but that can\u2019t be said of all of you.\u201d\u00a0For Jesus knew which one was about to betray him,\u00a011\u00a0<\/sup>and that\u2019s why he told them that not all of them were clean.<\/h6>\n
12\u00a0<\/sup>After washing their feet, he put his robe on and returned to his place at the table.[e<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0\u201cDo you understand what I just did?\u201d\u00a0Jesus said.\u00a013\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cYou\u2019ve called me your teacher and lord, and you\u2019re right, for that\u2019s who I am.\u00a014\u201315\u00a0<\/sup>So if I\u2019m your teacher and lord and have just washed your dirty feet, then you should follow the example that I\u2019ve set for you and wash one another\u2019s dirty feet. Now do for each other what I have just done for you.\u00a016\u00a0<\/sup>I speak to you timeless truth: a servant is not superior to his master, and an apostle is never greater than the one who sent him.\u00a017\u00a0<\/sup>So now put into practice what I have done for you, and you will experience a life of happiness enriched with untold blessings!\u201d<\/h6>\n
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Footnotes<\/h6>\n
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  1. \n
    John 13:1<\/a>\u00a0Or \u201che loved them to the very end.\u201d<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
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    John 13:2<\/a>\u00a0Or \u201cdevil.\u201d<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
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    John 13:2<\/a>\u00a0Or \u201cthat he should betray Jesus.\u201d The Aramaic is \u201cSatan arose in the heart of Judas to betray Jesus.\u201d<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
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    John 13:7<\/a>\u00a0By removing their sandals and washing their feet, Jesus was showing them that he was granting them a new inheritance\u2014his own. The sandal is often used in covenants of inheritance in Hebrew culture. Every defilement would be removed so that they could \u201cplace the sole of their feet\u201d upon the new covenant inheritance. See Josh.\u00a01:3<\/a>; Ruth\u00a04:1-12<\/a>. God likewise told Moses to remove his sandals (Ex.\u00a03:5<\/a>), for he was about to receive a new inheritance\u2014the holiness of God and the authority that came with it.<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n
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    John 13:12<\/a>\u00a0There has never been a nobleman, a teacher, or a king that loves and serves his servants like Jesus.<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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