Di Towel and Di Basin

Di sound of water wey dem pour inside basin. Di sound of towel. And di most important person for di room dey kneel down for ground, e hold one fisherman dusty leg for im hands.

Na just before di Passover festival, for Jerusalem. Jesus know say im time don reach to leave dis world and go meet di Father. John tell us say Jesus don always love im own people wey dey di world, and now e go show dem di full measure of im love. Jesus and im twelve disciples gather for evening meal. Di roads of Jerusalem get dust, and everybody feet show am. John no mention any servant wey dey there to wash dem. And none of di twelve get up to do am.

Jesus know exactly who e be. John say e know say di Father don put all things for im hands, and say e come from God and e dey go back to God. And as e know all dat, e get up from di meal. E remove im outside robe. E tie towel round im waist, like servant for house. E pour water inside basin. Then e go from one disciple to di next, e kneel down, wash dem feet, and clean dem with di towel wey e tie. Di room quiet well well.

Then e reach Simon Peter. Peter no fit bear am. Lord, na you wan wash my feet? Jesus answer, You no understand wetin I dey do now, but later you go understand. Peter stand firm. You no go ever wash my feet. Never! Jesus look am. If I no wash you, you no get part with me. And Peter, as Peter be, swing go di other side finish. Then, Lord, no be only my feet. Wash my hands and my head too!

Jesus answer am with patience. Anybody wey don bathe need only to wash im feet. Im whole body clean. And una clean, but no be all of una. John explain say Jesus talk dis one because e know who go betray am. Judas dey inside di room. And di way John tell am, Jesus kneel down and wash every pair of feet for dat table, di feet of di friend wey go deny am, and di feet of di one wey go betray am too.

When e finish, Jesus wear im robe back and go back to im place. Una understand wetin I don do for una? e ask. Una dey call me Teacher and Lord, and una correct, because na wetin I be. So if I, wey be una Lord and Teacher, don wash una feet, una too suppose wash one another feet. I don give una example, so dat una go do as I don do for una. Servant no big pass im master. Now wey una know dese things, una go dey blessed if una do dem.

To feel how dis thing shock reach, imagine di roads. People dey waka everywhere with open sandals, for sand road wey dem share with donkeys and sheep. So good host go give visitors water to wash dem feet, as Abraham do for im visitors for Genesis. But to actually wash another person feet na low work, wey dem dey usually leave for servants. When King David ask Abigail make she be im wife, she bow and talk say she ready to be servant wey go wash di feet of im servants. Na di lowest step be dat. And na exactly there Jesus choose to kneel down.

Di towel and di basin. You go find am for John chapter thirteen, verse one to seventeen. Di Lord of all take di lowest work for di room, and e tell im friends make dem do di same. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Whose feet Jesus dey ask you make you wash dis week?