JOHN 13:1-17, 31b-35
EQUAL FOOTING
“I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for
you. I tell you the truth, no servant is
greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent
him. Now that you know these things, you
will be blessed if you do them.”John 13: 15-17 (NIV)
When I lived in Dallas I worked for a school that taught English to adult
immigrants of various nationalities and their children. They took risks to come
to this country to attain a better life for their families and they were often
treated cruelly. They experienced
prejudice every day from people who viewed them as second-class thieves of
American jobs and services. Yet, through
it all they were some of the kindest, most generous people I have ever met. By
no means of my own doing, I was born in America with all the privileges that
citizenship affords but I did nothing to earn this life. People often judge immigrants harshly for
wanting to come to America to try to provide a better life for their children
but if the roles were reversed wouldn’t we all do the same?
Jesus models how we should treat each other with love. We are all on equal footing in the eyes of
God. It does not matter whether we are
billionaires or homeless, senators or dishwashers. Wouldn’t the world be amazing if, as servants
and messengers of God’s love, we all treated one another the way Jesus taught?
Lord, please help me treat everyone as you see them, as beautiful
children of God, no greater or less than one another. Amen.
~ Wendy Robinson
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