Divine Path

John 13: 1-17, "...If I do not wash you, you will have no part with Me..."

The last lesson Jesus taught the night of His capture to crucifixion wasn't the latest revelation, it wasn't another parable...He taught His disciples how to serve! This is the most significant spiritual time for both Jesus and His disciples, and this is the time where He spends teaching a very basic and practical lesson, but O so critical to them and us as believers.

True love is seen in how you and I treat people.

John 13: 34-35, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

You know that you're a Christian because of the things you do in the church whether it's ministry, devotion, etc...but the World knows you're a Christian by the way you treat other people!

It doesn't matter how spiritual you are, it's not impressive if you cannot love and serve people as Christ intended!

'Beware of making a fetish of consistency to your convictions instead of being devoted to God. You may say, "I shall never do that!" In all probability you will have to, if you are a saint. There never was a more inconsistent Being on this earth than our Lord, but He was never inconsistent to His Father. The one consistency of the saint is not to a principle, but to the Divine life." 
- Oswald Chambers

Jesus made it very clear that if you are going to have a part of Him, somewhere, He's gonna have to wash your feet! This speaks of humility and direction. Verse 10 tells us that if you wash your body, you would only need to wash your feet...

This tells you and I that, there are certain places we shouldn't go, things we shouldn't do, and we're gonna have to be real with ourselves and do some washing of our 'feet.'  Peter didn't want to have any part of this: for one, he knew that in the future he would have to humble himself and wash his brothers' feet, but secondly, he also understood that he would have to wash his own feet!

Having to admit that you're spiritually inept, or that your faith isn't as strong as you'd hoped, is a serious blow to your pride; but it'll save your life overall!

 

God's direction is always better than our own will or experiences. If you find yourself in uncharted waters, the first thing you must do is pray; the second thing to do is, serve God right in the middle of it! Too many are hoping that their circumstances change so that they can serve God when in actuality, God wants you to serve Him right where you are!

Let the Lord guide you, you need Him more today, then when you first believed.