That You May Believe - The God Who Kneels

What would you do with 24 hours left to live and all authority in the universe at your fingertips? That question sits at the heart of one of the most stunning moments in all of Scripture. In John 13, we find Jesus in the upper room with his closest followers, hours before the cross, fully aware of his divine position and the betrayal coming his way. And what does he do? He wraps a towel around his waist, kneels on a dirty floor, and washes his disciples' feet. This was not a symbolic gesture stripped of its weight. In that culture, foot washing was the task reserved for the lowest servant in the household. No one of standing would stoop to it. Yet here is the one before whom angels cry holy, the one who spoke galaxies into existence, cradling the dirty feet of fishermen and a betrayer. The gap between his position and his posture is almost impossible to comprehend. And that gap is precisely the point. We are invited this week to sit with that image and ask ourselves honestly where pride has kept us from serving, and who in our lives we have been unwilling to kneel before.