How
many times do we come to this passage and think
- let’s get some people together with some towels and basins and really
get into this text? Let’s get the youth
group or the young adults and dramatize the scene depicting Jesus during
supper, taking off His outer garment and washing the disciples’ feet.
The
problem really is - if we were to do
this (dramatize the scene) the only thing that people would remember would be
that we washed feet in Church! Even the
foot-washing in context would lose its significance because we have running
water and showers at home and most of our roads are sealed.
But
foot-washing isn’t about foot washing is it?
It’s about serving others at personal sacrifice, humbling ourselves when
we don’t have to, because we don’t have to.
When
Mother Theresa was visiting a large city in America opening a refuge for the poor,
a newsman, expecting her to ask for a monetary contribution, asked her if there
was anything he could do for her. “Yes” she said, “find someone no one else loves
and love them!”
Foot
washing really isn’t about foot washing!
It’s a challenge to give of ourselves when we don’t have to!
Matthew
25:45