The Lord who is the servant
Pray that I may have the grace to
Let you be my servant too. Richard Gillard
Read John 13:1—11
If I sit down in the evening, dim the lights and quieten my mind, I can begin to picture Jesus kneeling before me. It is a vast reversal of roles, he kneeling before me when I am to kneel before him. And I cannot forget who he is, the one betrayed. The one who does this act in which he reverences me is the betrayed one, the discarded one, the one rejected by his own. More, he is the one who has in his hand all things. All things from the Father have been put in the hands that would now wash my feet. God is in these hands. God has chosen to bend his whole purpose and plan to wash his children clean, to serve his children, and to beautify and glorify … me!
Prayer
Dear Lord, I so want to honour you. I so want to give you proper worship, to glorify you, to reverence you for your self-giving, your gracious love that loved me to the surrender of your whole life. Yet you humble me beyond any measure by honouring me, purifying me, beautifying me and making me your own. In you all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.[1] All things of the Father are placed in your hands. And here you are, my Lord who is my servant. Give me a heart after your own heart, I pray in your name.
[1] Colossians 1:19