John 13:1-17
Archbishop Beach today (slightly edited): …self-help, self-image, self-actualization … self-denial! Abp. Beach’s words ring true with today’s reading. Jesus doesn’t talk about self-denial in washing His disciples’ feet, but He clearly demonstrates it! If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. (v. 14) So many times I have told the kids at Avanza – know Him, love Him, serve Him! Jesus wants a life of service from us. Service within our family, service within our church, service within our neighborhood. Verse 17: If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
See also: October 25 / John 13:1-17
This morning I first read ‘A Word From the Lord’, where Archbishop Foley Beach said that ‘Self denial’ is required of Jesus followers: “…let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
It always amazes me how sometimes AWFTL echoes our readings. To be taught humility by both at the same time reminds me how I need to practice this. Too often, it is all about me, and I think I need these teachings daily, in order to be a better man, and to more closely follow Jesus.