"In The Name of Love"

If not for them, then do it for Jesus! Let's get one thing perfectly clear: What Jesus did on that cross was all about God's Love for us; therefore, it is on the basis of God's Love by which we are able to be made perfect. I know what you are thinking, 'Duh!' But the thing which we have a tendency to forget, is that our hearts are very deceitful and will live more towards the flesh side of a personal issue, in more times than not. Again, if we look at the example of Peter's reaction to Jesus in John 13, we can see that Peter's heart was more turned towards the physical side of the situation than towards the spiritual. Jesus on the other hand was trying to make another point which requires us to look beyond the physical, and even the emotional side of things, and to look towards the spiritual side of every issue. After Jesus had washed their feet, He asked them, "Know ye what I have done to you?" (John 13:12) Needless to say, they really did not understand what it was that He did; at least not then. But they would come to understand later, that the reason behind the Master and Lord of the universe humbling Himself on the floor to wash their feet, was in the name of Love. This is not an easy issue to put into a physical illustration, because it really involves spiritual principles; but the simplest term of what is being portrayed is 'others first'. And in the area of what Jesus came to portray, which was the Love of God towards men, we are to walk in that same example; which at times may be humbling and even feel a bit awkward; but if not for them, then we must do it for Jesus. If you think that this is not that big of an issue, then think again; because woven into this example of humility, is also the harsh reality of betrayal...