Day 6

Scripture to Read: John 13:12–15

Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, and then He took His lesson to another level. We read in John 13:12–15, So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? 13 You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.” Jesus challenged His disciples to examine their hearts and their willingness to follow His example. Jesus is their Teacher and Lord; if He humbled Himself and washed their feet, they must be willing to do the same to each other. The same Truth is still true today. For all of us who call Jesus our Lord, we must examine our lives daily and ask ourselves if we are serving our Lord well by serving those around us. If we are unwilling to humble ourselves and serve, then we are not surrendered to our King. Serving is humbling, and it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking we deserve to be served. But a life fully surrendered to Christ is one in which we are willing to do anything our Lord was willing to do. Serving is never glamorous and usually goes completely unnoticed, but when we serve, we honor our Lord Jesus Christ and help others see Him for Who He is.

Challenge & Application

• Why is it important to humble ourselves and willingly serve those around us? • How are you serving and bringing honor to your King each day?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

God continues to teach us much as we journey through the Book of John. We read in John 13:1, Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. Jesus’ time on earth was drawing to a close, and thi...

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Day 2

Jesus and the disciples were having the Passover meal together. As God led the Apostle John to write, we read in John 13:2, During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him. We know Jesus loved all of His disciples, and His love would have included Judas Iscariot. The problem was th...

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Day 3

Jesus was and is God, so He had full knowledge of all God the Father had called Him to fulfill while here on earth. We read in John 13:3, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God. Jesus knew God the Father had given Him all authority and had placed Him fa...

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Day 4

We have all faced situations where we were uncomfortable for one reason or another. As Jesus washed the disciples’ feet, there is no doubt that it made most of them, if not all, feel a little uncomfortable. Peter was the only one to speak up and express his difficulty with having His Lord wash his feet. We read in John 13:6, So He *came to Si...

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Day 5

Peter still struggled to understand what Jesus was doing by washing his feet. We read in John 13:9–11, Simon Peter *said to Him, “Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.” 10 Jesus *said to him, “He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.” 11 For He kn...

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Day 6

Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, and then He took His lesson to another level. We read in John 13:12–15, So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? 13 You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, the Lord a...

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Day 7

Jesus finished His teaching on being a servant by saying in John 13:16–17, “Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.” No matter what title the world has given us, none of us is better than anyone el...

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