27 May 2011
John 13:14-15 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.
When we need to follow an example who do we follow? Usually it is the person that has influenced us the most, for some of us it may be our parents, for others someone that has made a difference to them. So if asked and honestly answered who is the example that you really follow. Even as ministers we try to emulate someone that has influenced our ministry and we compare ourselves and try to improve based on that comparison. The same happens to most of us irrespective of our situation.
Yet in this text Jesus tells His disciples that He has given us the example that we should follow, not just in washing each others feet, but in all we do and say and think. As a Christian can we actually try to follow someone else’s example, or should we not be following that of Jesus Christ? No matter the circumstances, what is the example that Jesus has given us, we find many in the parables in the Gospel, life stories both good and bad in the Bible which are examples given to us to decide upon and to follow.
We should always be conscious of the examples we follow, and the examples we become for others to follow us. When we wash each others feet, when we follow the example Jesus has given us, then we become the example of His grace and love to others.
Be encouraged today to follow the examples that Jesus has given us.
Point to ponder: Be an example of love.
Question to consider: Are you an example of Christian life to others?
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