My personal reflection

My personal reflection is usually in the form of a conversation with God and usually includes both sides of the conversation. I know it's weird but that's how the Lord speaks to me.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me

Lord, Shine your Light through me
John 13:1-15
Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father.  He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end.  The devil had already induced Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over.  So, during supper, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power and that he had come from God and was returning to God, he rose from supper and took off his outer garments.  He took a towel and tied it around his waist.  Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and dry them with the towel around his waist.  He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Master, are you going to wash my feet?"  Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later."  Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet."  Jesus answered him, "Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me."  Simon Peter said to him, "Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well."  Jesus said to him, "Whoever has bathed has no need except to have his feet washed, for he is clean all over; so you are clean, but not all."  For he knew who would betray him; for this reason, he said, "Not all of you are clean."  So when he had washed their feet and put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, "Do you realize what I have done for you?  You call me 'teacher' and 'master,' and rightly so, for indeed I am.  If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet.  I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do."

Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me

Lord,
I have this fear of pride.  It seems to pop up everywhere.  It seems impossible to rid myself of it.

Pride is universal.  You cannot rid yourself of it completely but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t continue to work on it.  Always work on it but do not eat yourself up and hold on to shame.  Ask for forgiveness and receive it and don’t look back.  You are clean and free.   Allow yourself to live in that freedom.

I love you and I want that for you. How can you share the gospel if others don’t see the light shining in you and through you?  The darkness is gone.  It is time to live solely in the light, My Light. 

Lord, fill me with your Light and help me keep it in the front of my mind and pouring your light out to others.

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