Verse of the Day 6/28

Verse of the Day 6/28

John 13:7

Holman Christian Standard Bible

7 Jesus answered him, "What I'm doing you don't understand now, but afterward you will know."

I've had the privilege to work in the textile industry for over 35 years and have seen first hand how fabrics are woven including intricate jacquard weaves.  On the loom you may see the backside of the fabric being taken up on a beam and it looks like a jumbled mess.  But when viewed from the face side of the fabric you see a beautiful pattern which in reality is an intricate design.

Sometimes, the events of our lives seem to be like a jumbled mess and we don't understand why things happen.  But God is in control and at some point in our lives we will experience and accept the knowledge that God had something beautiful in mind for many to see.

J.C. Ryle writes, "If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to Heaven. We must count it no strange thing, if we have to endure sicknesses, losses, bereavements, and disappointments, just like other men. Free pardon and full forgiveness, grace along the way, and glory at the end--all this our Savior has promised to give. But He has never promised that we shall have no affliction. He loves us too well to promise that!"

The disciples didn't understand how washing someone's feet would be beautiful, but the example set by doing so has stood the test of time and it a beautiful example for us t follow.

Blessings, 

Mike 

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John 13:1-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

13 Before the Passover Festival, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.[a]

2 Now by the time of supper, the Devil had already put it into the heart of Judas, Simon Iscariot's son, to betray Him. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into His hands, that He had come from God, and that He was going back to God. 4 So He got up from supper, laid aside His robe, took a towel, and tied it around Himself. 5 Next, He poured water into a basin and began to wash His disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel tied around Him.

6 He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, "Lord, are You going to wash my feet?"

7 Jesus answered him, "What I'm doing you don't understand now, but afterward you will know."

8 "You will never wash my feet—ever!" Peter said.

Jesus replied, "If I don't wash you, you have no part with Me."

9 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."

10 "One who has bathed," Jesus told him, "doesn't need to wash anything except his feet, but he is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you."