Re: Verse reading–John 13:1-17; 31-38 (day six)
“If I, then, have washed your feet, you also ought to was one another’s feet”–v 14. “Just as I have loved you, you should also love one another”–v 34. It is not about feet. It is about pride, about the things that I am willing to do (or avoid or purchase or say) in order to protect my ego. About, the things that I am unwilling to do because they are difficult or unfulfilling. The problem is not that I don’t love people. I do. I just don’t love them more than I love me and therefore NOT like Jesus loved. After a while, I don’t even see the opportunities anymore. I walk right past them so that my tender ego doesn’t feel obligated or guilty. Ego-protected life is not a privilege Jesus gives His followers. Obedience to God comes first, even at the price of my pride. Washing feet illustrates it. The cross proves it.
