I have set you an example

I have set you an example

"I have set you an example, that you should do as I have done for you." John 13:15

When our blessed Lord uttered these words, He had just washed His disciples' feet, and wiped them with the towel with which He was girded.

Our gracious Savior, who is Lord of all, thus stooped to one of the lowest acts of service to teach His disciples in all ages . . .
  to serve one another in love,
  to stoop to each other's need, and
  to regard no office of kindness beneath them which they might have occasion to perform.

And in all spiritual matters, so far from seeking to exercise lordship over each other—that they should each be willing to take the lowest place, and minister to each other's help and comfort. "Whoever will be chief among you—let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many." O Lord, impart unto us Your grace— that we may be Your true followers, and tread in Your steps .

In serving grace, in lowly love,
In true humility,
May Jesus my example prove,
May He my pattern be!

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