If you want to be great, serve.

Many want to be great, but few want to be a servant. Even the disciples spent the final hours of Jesus’ life debating who was the greatest among them (Luke 22:24). Jesus showed them true greatness– He washed their feet.  “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Phil. 2:4-11) Take-Home Message: If you want to be great, serve. Jesus served His betrayer (1-4). Jesus served His abandoner (5). Jesus served His denier (6-11). Jesus told us to serve (12-17). Message: Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet Scripture: John 13:1-17 Simple. Authentic. Jesus. Prairiebible.org