“If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet.” Jn.13:1-15.
The message of Jesus was so compelling and has continued to fire many imaginations because he taught what he was already living out. A picture is often worth more than a thousand words. He practiced what he preached. He taught his disciples how to pray because he was a man of deep prayer. When he asked his disciples to trust in providence they believed him because, the Son of man himself had no where to lay his head. Yet he was never stranded. It was not difficult for his disciples to understand his message of self denial because our Lord himself lived a life of renunciation. No show of affluence or vanity. When he taught them to forgive he will forgive those who took his life with so much cruelty. When he taught them the power of humble service, he stooped low to wash their dirty smelly feet. He spoke with authority because everything he asked of us he was already living it out . They knew him more as a witness than a teacher. This is the missing link in our preaching today- the force of personal witness. This explains often why our message does not move hearts because they don't come from our personal experience, mere lip service.
🙇♀Jesus, meek and humble of heart, make our hearts like thine. Amen.
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