Friday, March 23, 2018

Lenten Readings: John 13

Lenten Readings: The two-year Bible reading plan puts the Gospel accounts of Luke and John right between Ash Wednesday and Easter. Whether you're doing the reading plan or not, you can follow along on the blog and read daily meditations based on the accounts of Jesus, whose life and death we remember and cherish during this season of Lent. Check back every day starting on February 14 and until Easter Saturday.

Friday, March 23, 2018
READ John 13
MEDITATE on John 13:37, "Peter said to him, 'Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.'" Peter made a bold statement of commitment, but he had just failed even to wash Jesus' feet. How do we sometimes think more of our own spirituality than we ought?

REFLECT
Before reading this chapter, God was already convicting me of a prideful thing that I had done. It was pretty clear in hindsight that the attitude I had was wrong. I looked down on a brother and treated him poorly. The guise was that my words were good for him to hear but my spirit was not aligned.

It is a struggle. To really walk the way Jesus walked requires humility and a willingness to serve others while dying to self. This love of Jesus is so otherworldly and comes from outside of us. Once we grasp how much God loves us though, He bears fruit through His Spirit's work in us.

He loves us so much that Jesus did all this. This picture of Christ's love from John 13 includes not only washing his disciples' feet, but also sending Judas away to initiate the rest of the weekend's events, starting with Jesus' arrest later that evening. Jesus knew what was coming, and he knew what needed to be done, for our sake. He did all this for us, and for his glory.

PRAY
Pray for humility to serve others. Pray for a Christ-like attitude toward others.

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