Abundantly Clear

Meditations on

Staying In the Grace for Today 

March 4, 2026

Abundantly Clear

So (Jesus) got up from the table, took off his robe,

wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin.

Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet,

drying them with the towel he had around him.

John 13:4-5

In Jerusalem two thousand years ago, a house large enough to host thirteen people for supper would have household servants. And there would have been a pecking order within the company of servants. The lowest in that order would be tasked with washing the feet of the supper guests. For this meal, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples.

Contrast our vision of Jesus, on his knees with a basin and towel, with two scripture passages:

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation. . .

 

(Colossians 1:15 – take time to read the entire exhalation of the Supremacy of Christ, v 15-20.)

 

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

 and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord,

    to the glory of God the Father.

 

(Philippians 2:10-11 – take time to read the entire proclamation of the humility of Jesus, v 6-11)

The time will come when every knee should bow before Jesus. On what we call the Last Supper; it is Jesus whose knees bowed. When we see Jesus, face to face, the one for whom God, in all his fullness was pleased to live, we will recall it was this same Jesus kneeling before mortal men with a basin and towel.

My Takeaway: Yes, Jesus modeled humility before His disciples. Jesus also made it abundantly clear how much He loved His disciples. The next day, Jesus made it abundantly clear how much He loves you and me: “When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners.” (Romans 5:6)

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

Copyright © 2026 by Alex M. Knight

 

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