It is hard to understand how God can be so kind to us, but he is.   He kneels before us, takes our feet in his hands, and washes them.   Please understand that in washing the disciples’ feet, Jesus is washing ours.   That’s us being cleansed, not from our dirt, but from our sins.  

Listen to what Jesus said:  “If I don’t wash your feet, you are not one of my people”  (John 13:8).   Why not?   Because we cannot.   We cannot remove our own sin.     

To place our feet in the basin of Jesus is to place the filthiest parts of our lives into his hands.   In the ancient East,  people’s feet were caked with mud and dirt.   The servant of the feast saw to it that the feet  were cleaned.  Jesus is assuming the role of the servant.   He will wash the grimiest part of our life.    

If you let him.   The water of the Servant comes only when we confess that we are dirty.   And we will never be able to wash the feet of those who have hurt us until we allow Jesus the one we have hurt, to wash ours.    

“Jesus Christ, is the same of yestarday, today and tomorow  Hebrews 13:8″