Oh, be careful little feet!

Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end.
John 13:1 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/jhn.13.1.NLT

He knew His hour had come, He could see the cross and the thorns which lay ahead, but something important was yet to be done.
As the disciples prepared for the last meal together, He prepared to wash their feet. The rabbi exchanged His robe for a washcloth, the King who came not to be served but to serve.

The feet which had followed Him across the Judean-Galillean landscape.
The feet which danced at the wedding in Cana.
The feet that had accompanied Him when He turned funerals to celebrations.
The feet which were drenched and soaked as He calmed the storm.
The feet which had travelled to diverse places bringing the good news when He sent them out two by two.
The feet He had authorised to trample on snakes and scorpions.
The feet which climbed the mountain when they saw Him tansfigured in His heavenly glory.
The feet which would run in fear just a few hours later.
The feet which would  stealthily hurry to the conniving High priest to betray the One who was to wash them.

As He washed and wiped these dusty feet, He not only saw the past of these weary men. He could see beyond the cross to how they would go on to change the world.
Their checkered past would not limit their present appointment or their future impact.
He washed their feet with water because on the morrow they would be cleansed with the blood He would shed.

These washed feet would climb the mountain as He would ascend to the right hand of the Father.
These feet would walk from the upper room to the ends of the earth bringing the good news.
These feet would become the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy of beautiful feet which bring good news, peace and salvation.
These feet would facilitate the spread of good news where both the prince and the pauper could find hope and life.
These feet would go on to gain more ground for the Kingdom of heaven than the gates of hell could ever prevail.
These feet would walk them to their untimely deaths for the proclamation of the good news.

In a few hours these washed feet would travel from the foot of the cross to the empty tomb and eventually to the ends of the 🌎.

These feet had followed Him diligently.

Oh! Be careful little feet where you go and whom you follow!

God bless!