What Beautiful Feet You Have

I'd like to talk a few minutes today about your feet, if I may. As most of you know, Jesus washed the feet of His disciples before He was betrayed and crucified.

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? You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. 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. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them. (Joh 13:12-17)

I think those that interpreted this as a call to wash feet missed the point. This was a call to refrain from vying for position in the kingdom, and a call to humbly serve one another in the kingdom. This is seen in Christ's discussion with the mother of His disciples James and John.

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Him with her sons, kneeling down and asking something from Him. And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She said to Him, "Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom." But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to Him, "We are able." So He said to them, "You will indeed drink My cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared by My Father." And when the ten heard it, they were greatly displeased with the two brothers. But Jesus called them to Himself and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." (Mat 20:20-28)

I once heard a beautiful children's song about this- "Make me a servant, humble and meek, Lord let me lift up those who are weak, and may the prayer of this heart always be, make me a servant, make me a servant, make me a servant today."

The most beautiful feet in the world are the one's of those that know Him, love Him, and humbly serve Him.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.