PBPC Advent Devotional, Week 4 - Thursday
Thursday
John 13:1, 34-35
1 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….34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
(translation by NT Wright)
Jesus gave this command to his disciples on the last night he spent with them. And he demonstrated what he meant by washing their feet as if he were a menial slave.
What experiences of servant love have you known, either in the giving or the receiving? Why is love a command?
Daily Practice
This Christmas Eve day, pray for God to give you an act of servant love to do for someone. Do it.
