May 13, 2026 - John 13:2-5, 12-15

John 13:2-5, 12-152 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. NOTE: This is the signature teaching and demonstration by Jesus on being a servant by meeting practical needs of another out of LOVE. I include this text again because Jesus chooses this very normal ordinary occasion and these people to demonstrate serving. Even though it was Passover… Jesus served at a family meal…. Among people He was with all the time. He did not choose this signature demonstration of service at a “mission trip to a leper colony” to wash feet there……. He chose the ordinariness of supper a home among friends and family. Sometimes our flesh is looking for the flashiness of a big servant event ……. When Jesus is forming us to be His Servants in the ordinariness of life 24-7-365.