Join us as we read the scriptures and a daily devotion written by Don Crisp. We pray these messages will bless us all at this time.
Day 3 – John 13 : 12-20
Categories: Don’s Daily Devotions
Read John 13:12-20
V12: Jesus wants them – and us – to understand what He has done.
V13-14: They call Him their Master, their teacher, and rightly so. Now he has given them an example of how they should regard and treat one another -and how we should!
V15: And what is that example? A humble willingness to serve each other, to put others first -to be prepared to do anything to show love and meet each other’s needs. It doesn’t have to be literally to wash each other’s feet, but to put others first, to see them as more important than ourselves (Philippians 2:2-5) this is to be like Jesus!
V16-17: If Jesus shows such love by self-humbling concern and service for His people, so must we if we are His disciples, seeking to follow Him and be like Him. We must not just “talk the talk”, but walk the walk”.
V18: Again, He speaks of the betrayal- how it weighed on His truly human heart – but Scripture had foretold it(Psalm 41:9.)
V19: And He wants them to know it is all within God’s plan, and under His control. When we see this of the sufferings and death of God’s own Son for our salvation, can we not trust Him in the things we don’t yet understand in our own lives?
V20: How fully Jesus identifies Himself with His people and so does His Father, He assures us. Do we know the wonder of this union with Christ, all and only by His grace?