“DO JUST AS I HAVE DONE TO YOU!”

 John 13:15-17                 (ESV)

“[15] For I have given you an example, that you also should “DO JUST AS I HAVE DONE TO YOU”. [16] Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. [17] IF you know these things, BLESSED ARE YOU IF YOU DO THEM’.”

There is a clear, yet uncomfortable, lesson given to we who are CHOSEN by our CREATOR to serve HIM!  JESUS is saying to HIS CHILDREN that we should “give up” what our “dreams and aspirations” are and surrender our lives to HIM!  Knowing that we are CALLED to sacrifice our lives to HIS PLAN “can be” a scary situation, especially if we are subjected to the abuse and torture that JESUS was subjected to!!!

JESUS “gave up” a throne in Heaven to walk among “fallen humanity” because HE was the ONLY HOPE for HIS PLAN to be fulfilled!  There is ABSOLUTELY NO OTHER WAY to accomplish and complete HIS PLAN!  

So why do we have a problem surrendering to HIS PLAN?  We didn’t choose to give up everything we had worked so hard for to DIE ON CALVARY’s CROSS!  But HIS INSTRUCTIONS are for us to “DO JUST AS I HAVE DONE TO YOU”….FOR HIS GLORY!!!

For this Brain Damaged reject who has nothing to offer THE KING OF GLORY, all I can do is to “DO JUST AS I HAVE DONE TO YOU”!  HE IS IN CONTROL and I am NOT!!!