He Will Lift You Up

John 13:12-15

[12] When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? [13] You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. [14] If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. [15] For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.

One day he will lift us up. Whatever you are going through, however you are being tempted, however alone you feel, even if your health and loved ones are taken away, go to Jesus, the one who knows you and gave his life for you.

“If God himself has died for you, what more do you have to prove? If the creator of the universe loved you enough to give his life as ransom for yours, how precious does that make you? They say that something’s only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. How much must Jesus value you and me to give his life up as our ransom? Jesus’s sacrifice for us can breed humility if we will only let it. We won’t need to be recognized by others if we know we are seen and known and deeply loved by the King of all the universe himself. We can unclench our grip on status if we know we’re held in Jesus’s hands. We can kneel down if we are sure that he will one day lift us up.”

Excerpt From - Confronting Jesus: 9 Encounters with the Hero of the Gospels by Rebecca McLaughlin