There's something wonderfully unsettling about Jesus washing the feet of His disciples. The Lord of glory, the One who deserves every ounce of our affection and adoration, gets down on His knees and takes the posture of a servant.
And He washes the feet of all of them. Even Judas.
We spend considerable energy trying to find our place, establish our importance, and secure our position. Jesus seems altogether uninterested in such things.
His kingdom operates differently.
The first become last. The greatest become servants. Those who would lead learn to kneel.
Jesus didn't simply give His disciples a lesson in humility. He gave them an example to follow.
If we're going to walk the same road Jesus walks, sooner or later we'll find ourselves holding a towel.
