By: Fred Reid
I didn’t really know a clever way to name this one but its based on the John 13:5-10. Its encouraged that you read the passage but just in case here is a quick summary. Jesus is washing the feet of the disciples and when He gets to Peter, Peter declines primary based on the idea that Jesus is too holy/clean to wash Peter’s dirty feet. Jesus tells him that if He does not wash his fee than they have no relationship together (hopefully the capitalization pattern in the previous sentence made it easier for ya’ll to separate the two characters lol). At this point Peter asks Jesus to not only wash his feet but also the rest of the his body, Jesus answers that whom He cleans they need not reserve their feet to be cleaned by themselves.
On the somewhat surface of this passage we see the humbleness of Christ. Being a savior, THE anointed one, ruler of ALL and the very essence of God, submitting Himself to wash the feet of his followers. And while I don’t want to discourage or take away from that message because it is VERY important to be humble, I think there is something more hidden in this passage.
When we consider feet…if you like me you already grossed out! But let’s take it a step further, the disciples feet, back when everybody was wearing those “Jesus” sandals and walking all over everywhere! That’s a whole nova type of dirty! But yet this is the EXACT thing that Jesus wanted to clean. Of course natural things in the bible have spiritual significance. Sssssoooo what do you have that just ridiculously dirty? Embarrassing so? Maybe some sin that you keep committing even though you hate it. Maybe some desire that you want to fulfill even though you know God isn’t pleased. Maybe some experience that happened to you that wasn’t really your fault but you just feel dirty because of it. IN ANY CASE, this is the very thing Christ want you to bring to Him. Not only is He interested in cleaning up this situation for you, but if you choose NOT to bring it to Him you are literally damaging your relationship with Him. It’s important not to get to caught up in the semantics and sometimes theatrics of church that you put the really dirty stuff that you can’t handle and are really embarrassed by on a shelf never to be dealt with. As long as you do so the devil will have a VIP access way to your heart and your mind.
Short version: Be TRULY intimate with Christ. He’s interested in ALL of you. Unlike man He is not just interested in your positive attributes, but VERY much so they negative ones that you can’t fix. He will clean you up in a way you never thought possible and truly make you free to live an enjoyable, guilt free life!
Be encouraged folk!
Over and Out J
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