[John 13:1-11] Unending Love
“Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.” [1] Jesus’ love has one condition. He loves ‘his own’. He loves his sheep, the sheep he shepherds. He loves the sheep who listen to his voice and follow him. And this type of love has no end. This love is infinite, as well as eternal. What love is this?
“Like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.” [Luke 12:36-37]
This passage is very similar to today’s passage. In Luke, Jesus talks of the master serving in the future tense. But Jesus, in today’s bible passage, is doing just that: he is serving the disciples. The disciples were not wide awake and waiting for Jesus, yet Jesus proves his unending love by his acts of service.
Poor Judas Iscariot. He left those who would be loved until the very end. He has run away, away from the voice of the good shepherd and towards a different voice.
“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers.” [Psalms 1:1]
Today, the Lord washes my feet. He loves me until the end.