It was
on Holy Thursday and Jesus washed the disciples’ feet. As He washed the disciples’ feet, Jesus said
that the greatest person in the Kingdom of God is the humble servant. Jesus
took the towel of a servant and washed the disciples’ feet. The big disciple, Peter, said, “No, no,
no. It is not right for you, our master,
to wash my feet.” Jesus said to Peter, “If I cannot wash your feet, you cannot
be my disciple.” Peter said, “Wash all of me. My feet, my legs, my heart. Wash all of me that I may be your humble
disciple and do what you are doing.” Jesus
was doing the job of a
servant, on his knees, washing and wiping
his disciples’ feet.
God wants us to have that same quality as
well. That is, He wants us to have this same inner attitude that He possesses.
“Do
nothing from selfishness or conceit. But
in humility, count others better than yourselves. Look not to your own interests but look to
the interest of others. Have this attitude among yourselves that we find in
Christ Jesus. … For Christ did not count
equality with God a thing to be grasped, but Christ walked the path of humility
and obedience therefore God has highly exalted him.” Because of our human nature,
humility is not a highly sought attribute today. You and I most likely struggle with trying to
elevate ourselves above the next person. We take our brains, our intelligence,
our gifts that God has given to us and we often use these gifts to see ourselves
as being better than other people around us.
There is a human tendency to elevate ourselves above others, and we use
God’s given gifts to do this.
Who is
a person that you know who is really humble? Who is that person who comes to
your mind, who does not elevate himself or herself above others? Abraham Lincoln is often selected as being the
among the greatest leaders of our presidential past. When people make a list of
the greatest American presidents who ever lived, Abraham Lincoln is most often
on the top of the list. Yet, there was
an unusual quality of humility about him. Jesus said, “whoever exalts himself will be
humbled; whoever is humble, will be exalted.”
It is one of those strange paradoxes about life that a person gradually
learns is true.
In Christ,
Brown
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