On The Run

“Jesus answered, ‘Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.’ Jesus answered, ‘A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean.’” John 13:8b, 10

This was an exchange between Peter and Jesus after the Last Supper. Peter had rejected the gesture for which Jesus was making in washing the feet of all of the disciples. Peter felt that he was unworthy for the Master to wash the servant’s feet….a gesture for which any of us would probably feel undeserving and uncomfortable. Yet, Christ does this everyday for us as He kneels and bathes our sins with His forgiveness and wipes away any dirt our walk has accumulated.

When Jesus answered that our bodies are clean but it is only our feet that need washing, He was referring to the fact that we are once and for all pure in the eyes of God once we accept Christ. Spiritually speaking, we have been saved by His grace and there is no need for additional cleansing. Because of our natural tendency to sin, it is our daily walk that requires on-going washing to remove the areas of filth.

We cannot have any part of Christ on earth without allowing Him to wash away our sins. Through the humble act of Christ washing our feet we develop more humility in receiving this gesture.

We must take the time to sit in His presence and the humility to “bare our feet” and expose the dirt on them so He can brush away the dust we have picked up along the way.

It is tough for Christ to wash our feet when we are constantly on the run!