I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you
- John 13:15
Apart from Bering compassionate, another major quality found in Jesus is humility. He was humble man to the core. In John 13:1-17, we were told of how Jesus washed the feet of His disciples. What a rare kind of leader.
Historically, Feet washing is an imperative act that takes place before the communal meal basically because of the filthy roads in those days. So when people sat down round the low table to eat, you wouldn't see a dirty feet in sight.
What makes this act more humbling is fact that Jesus was doing the work of the lowliest of servants. And after doing so, He told His disciples to do likewise.
In this modern age, servant leadership is reducing. Leaders don't serve again, instead they want to be served. In the Kingdom of God, you are called to serve and not to be served.
The disciples must have been stunned at this act of humility and condescension, that Jesus Christ, their Lord and master, should wash the feet of His disciples, when it was their proper work to have washed His. But when Jesus came to earth the first time, He came not as King and Conqueror, but as the suffering Servant of Isaiah 53. As He revealed in Matthew 20:28, He came “not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” The humility expressed by His act with towel and basin foreshadowed His ultimate act of humility and love on the cross.
Humble yourself as a leader, don't seek to elevate or glorify yourself.
As followers of Jesus, we are to emulate Him, serving one another in lowliness of heart and mind, seeking to build one another up in humility and love. When we seek the preeminence, we displease the Lord who promised that true greatness in His kingdom is attained by those with a servant’s heart (Mark 9:35; 10:44). When we have that servant’s heart, the Lord promised, we will be greatly blessed (John 13:17).
Selah.
Good Morning and a blessed day to you! 😊
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