Our world often equates leadership with power and status. Jesus upends this notion by offering a very different model. On the night before His crucifixion, He performed a most unexpected act of humility: He washed His disciples’ feet. In our cultural context, this may not mean much. If anything, it might appear weird to wash another person’s feet. However, in Jesus’ time, it carried deep meaning. Christ’s act of humility should challenge us to consider what it truly means to serve others. John 13:1–15 tells the story: I t was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father. The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under His power, and that He had come from God and was returning to God; so He got up from the meal, poured water into a basin and began to wash His disciples’ feet, drying them wit...
"When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; if not, it will return to you. Stay in that house, eating and drinking whatever they give you, for the worker deserves his wages. Do not move around from house to house. Luke 10:5-7 When Jesus sent out 72 men as missionaries to the surrounding villages, He gave them several instructions, but one in particular piqued my interest. He commanded them not to look for places to board but rather to stay in the houses where they would be welcomed. The owner of the house would then be expected to keep them at their own expense. I thought of this in our own context. Would I host a travelling missionary, unknown to my family and me? Would you? Christians have many ‘valid’ reasons why they would be hesitant to host a complete stranger. - He/she could be a conman (and there are many wolves in sheep’s clothing in our time!)...