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“If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”
John 3:14 (NAS)
Maundy Thursday: Jesus the Servant
The night of Jesus’ arrest and trial looms large in the Gospel record. It begins with the Last Supper, goes through His agony and arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, to the religious court, and then to the civil courts and sentence of death. The event that moves me most, however, is when, right after the Last Supper, with an argument among the disciples about who would be greatest still ringing in the air, Jesus takes off His outer garment, assumes a servant’s role and washes their feet. Then He gently rebukes them, telling them that they should do for one another what He has done for them.
Shortly after the end of the first Gulf War, Gen. Colin Powell was at a large gathering where he was to be honored for teaching his troops the values that had produced a successful military campaign. Also on the program was Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, then in his nineties, with whom I was traveling. With his keen eye for detail, General Powell noticed that one of Dr. Peale’s shoes had become untied. Without a word, he stepped forward, knelt down and tied the errant lace. Dr. Peale was flustered for a moment, but General Powell eased his embarrassment with a joke. One of the general’s aides leaned over to me and whispered, “Now you know why he wins battles. We’d all go through the fire for a man like that.”
Lord, help me to follow Your example and serve someone today.
By Eric Fellman |  |  | |  |
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