Devotional thoughts - Lent 2013 - day 45

Ok – some other things about yesterday that I didn’t see until today:

On the radio, there was an opinion question about which people were calling and commenting.  The question involved something about a father whose young daughter had not seemed to have the right attitude about passing food to a sibling at dinner. The father reminded his daughter about Jesus’ attitude in serving, shown in the fact that Jesus would wash the feet of His disciples.   I thought it was cute when the two songs I remember playing during the discussion were Chris Tomlin’s I Will Follow, and Jamie Grace’s You Lead.

The Our Daily Bread devotional from yesterday also mentioned Jesus’ last meal with His disciples – the time and place where He washed His disciples’ feet.  And yesterday’s verse from You_Version at www.twitter.com/Daily_Bible  gives Jesus’ take on His role of service in instruction to His followers on servanthood and leadership:

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many. http://bible.us/Matt20.28.NLT

Then, yesterday’s devotional from the 2013 Daily Guideposts, entitled “Maundy Thursday: Following the Teacher” also mentioned Jesus’ washing of the disciples’ feet – including Judas – “around the table of what we have come to know as the Last Supper.”

So I think again of some of the lyrics of Stuart Townend’s song, How Deep the Father’s Love for Us:

Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart
His wounds have paid my ransom

Thank You, Jesus …

… and my journey with Him continues …