John 13:1-10
13 It
was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for
him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in
the world, he loved them to the end.
2 The
evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son
of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the
Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and
was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off
his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After
that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet,
drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
6 He
came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
7 Jesus
replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will
understand.”
8 “No,”
said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”
Jesus
answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”
9 “Then,
Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as
well!”
10 Jesus
answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole
body is clean."
I had an awesome encounter with God this week, thank you Jesus! It was after reading the passage above. I realize that this is not new theology, but I was thinking about Jesus who having been the greatest came down to be the very least and washing my feet. Essentially, the blood of the cross came down and washed my feet in a stream of blood.
I lay there and tears poured down my face. At that moment God made His Papa Heart Love jump from my head to my heart. For the second time in my life, I knew to a greater extent in my heart how amazing God’s love is. It made me realize that going out and ministering without an encounter is useless. If you can win converts by rationalizing then they can easily lose faith when someone with a better argument comes along. But if you give them an encounter with God, there ain’t nothing in this world that’s gonna convince them otherwise. Mark Brookes, the overseer of first year students, is one of the main reasons that I had this experience. He had us make declarations and released Daddy's love on us. Thank you Mark! You're so good to us! God wants us to be continually living in His love and consider encounters with Him a lifestyle. If any of you out there want one, just ask Him for it, think of how wonderful He is and thank Him while you wait on the Lord. If He doesn’t give you one the first time you ask, keep trying! There is no one that I know that died without ever finding God if they kept pursuing Him. I release to all of you my encounter with God and experience of His love.
This year has officially been made worth it. I found what I was looking for…haha but Papa please keep it coming, I love to be with You!! Thank you thank you!
I love hearing about God encounters too... :)
