I See Love.  John 13.1-17

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He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded … He loved them to the end.  (from v. 5 and v. 1)

It is Passover, and the city of Jerusalem is full to overflowing with people … yet Jesus and his disciples have managed to find a room to share the sacred meal together.  Little did the disciples know, at first, that this would be their last meal with the Lord before he was crucified.

As though one of them, let’s follow the disciples up the stairs that day to the Upper Room, and consider what we might see, as we come through the doorway:  the table is low to the ground—at least, low by today’s standards in most areas of the world … there are no chairs, folks sit on the floor, their legs to the side usually—so they are quite near one another.  Dirty feet would be anathema … do you see?  Peter and John have made preparations for the meal, and there are savory aromas as the rest of the men arrive. 

Near the door is the basin and towel, as is customary, so that sandaled feet might be cleansed; (not a man would think of finding his seat at the table without cleansing his very dirty feet!)  But wait … there is no slave to do the washing, as the men look from one to the other.  Only slaves wash other folks’ feet; why, it is forbidden even for disciples to wash the feet of their rabbis!  Yet, there is no slave . . . there is no servant to carry out such a service.

And then Jesus . . . Jesus takes off his outer cloak, ties a towel around his waist, takes the basin, fills it with water, and kneels down to take the first disciple’s dirty feet into his hands to cleanse.  “But, Lord!”  Too late.  Jesus is about to give them the object lesson of their lifetimes, and ours too.  Jesus, the Lord of Lords, and King of Kings, stoops to wash the dirt off his disciples’ feet.

My friends, what do you see?  I see love.  Oh, I see love of the Savior, which reminds me of this beautiful song: “I See Love” by Third Day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr8lUhWx7s4&feature=related

In Jesus, I see Love~

Christine