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“You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am.”

John 13:13, LSB

These words of our Lord, Jesus Christ, come to His disciples after He does one of the most humble acts, He washed their feet. We worship a God who serves and calls us to service. We are not only to speak the message of Jesus and the hope and promise of salvation, but we are to live it out in our service toward one another. Our lives are meant to shine out the glory of our Lord in everything we do for one another as followers of Christ and in how we serve those in need in our communities and to the ends of the earth. Our mission isn’t just to feed the hungry or give something to drink to the thirsty but to proclaim the hope of our Lord with our words and service. Jesus reminded His disciples who He is, and this reminder also stands for us in our lives. The power we hold is not to be held over another but shown in how we are willing to place ourselves in a position of vulnerability. How much more vulnerable is one who is on their knees, washing the feet of another? Power comes not from force but from showing our care for another. When we fall to our knees and pray for the health of another. When we open our eyes and see the suffering of another and seek to better their lives. As followers of Christ, we are called to look outward and not to turn in on ourselves and seek out only that which will be of benefit to us, but we are called to seek how we can benefit the world around us and live in Christ’s peace.

Let us pray. I thank you, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, your dear Son, that you have kept me this night from all harm and danger, and I ask you to protect me this day also from sin and every evil, that in all I do today, I may please you. For into your hands, I commend myself, my body and soul, and all that is mine. Let your holy angel watch over me, that the wicked foe have no power over me. Amen.