Servant of All

Nehemiah 1-2; Psalms 133; Luke 22

“’But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.’”

Luke 22:26, 27

Jesus is among us as one who serves. His Last Supper with his disciples included a demonstration of humility they would never forget as recorded in John 13. The Lord of all, knowing he had come from the Father and was returning to the Father, used the power of the Spirit indwelling him to love his disciples to the end. Despite a dispute about who was the greatest among them (Luke 22:24), or perhaps because of that dispute, Jesus got up from the table and washed their feet. Jesus’ statement that someone among the disciples would betray him caused them to outdo one another in protestations of loyalty and that led to declarations of greatness in terms of faithfulness and service. Jesus silenced them all by demonstrating he was and is the servant of all, the lowest servant in the house, and our example of kingdom-authority and power in active love.

“Jesus, love and serve through me, for your glory.”