You Will Never Wash My Feet!

Peter, like the other disciples, watched Yeshua as he intently rose from dinner. A towel lay near the door next to a basin and a picture. They had no idea what he was about to do. He picked up the towel and deftly wrapped it about his waist.

What was he to do? The disciples had no idea. They could not figure out what he was up to. Maybe what they had thought He was going to do was as quickly brushed from their minds as it was considered.

Then he did it.

He picked up the pitcher and the basin, and He walked over to Andrew. They all looked uneasy, but what could they do about God wanting to wash their feet.

Then he came to Nathaniel, who offered his feet as reluctantly and as uneasily as did Andrew. The cool water ran over his tired insteps and calloused feet and dripped between his toes. Nathaniel wished he had thought to do as much for Yeshua. After all, he was the one who had served all day – and now He was continuing to serve.

Every drop of water that was poured on Nathaniel’s feet was licked up by the soft towel that Yeshua had girded about his waist. Nathaniel chanced to look at the son of God washing his feet, but his glance met eyes filled with such pleasure.

On Yeshua went to every disciple, doing the same… until He came to Peter. Peter could not believe that those guys had allowed Yeshua to demean himself in that way; footwashing was reserved for the basest of Gentiles slaves. Yeshua was no slave; neither was he a Gentile.

They obviously did not know who He was, Peter thought. They obviously did not love him the way Peter did.

“No, Lord, you will not wash my feet,” Peter said.

Wow, Peter! Humans let God wash their feet and now a human was telling God what God could not do.

“You don’t know what I’m doing,” said Yeshua, “but you will know.” Wasn’t that enough reason to let him do it?

It wasn’t for Peter.

“You will never wash my feet.”

No wonder Yeshua saved Peter for last!

When we discredit what God has done for others, we say, like Peter, “You will never wash my feet.”

In our refusal to change, we say as Peter did: “You will never wash my feet.”

When we say God only moves in a certain way, we say to him: “You will never wash my feet.”

And the Lord says, “If I don’t wash your feet, fill in your name, you will never have a part of me. Let me do what I want to do in your life.

“Or should I save you for last?”