Feet part 1

John 13:14 NIV‬‬
[14] Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
I love this verse even more since I read a Devotional by the head of the Pocket Testament League. Yes their name does make PTL and we all enjoy the pun of them saying Praise the Lord in their name.
The Devotional said that Jesus washed Judas’s feet too.
I had never thought of that. Jesus washed the feet of the man he knew was going to betray him. The washing of the feet was not symbolic of the washing of the sins. It was symbolic of the serving of one another. This showed that Jesus was willing to bend down and serve his greatest Earthly enemy and that moment. I don’t enjoy the love your enemy reverse. We live in a culture that promotes Revenge and treating your enemies the way they deserve. But the Bible is always been counterculture and that is a good thing. If Jesus could wash the feet of the man who is about to sell him to be beaten and nailed to a cross, I can do my best to open doors for people I don’t like and to offer to help people who annoy me. Does that mean that I will never complain about them? Nope. I probably still will, but I need to do better. If Jesus could wash the feet of his betrayer then I can be kinder to those who wear the badge of enemy when they stand before me. Not because I am bowing to them or what they’re standing for, not because I suddenly agree with their opinions or think that their behavior or attitude or cruelty was deserved or right. I can treat them better because I know that Jesus would have washed their feet too. Jesus wasn’t condoning What Judas was about to do. He wasn’t saying yep you’re going to sin against me and betray me and that’s totally fine. He was saying this is what you should do, wash the feet of your beloved friends and your worst enemies. Not because they deserve it, but because through this act, they might find Jesus.