Rob Parker's Blog

One of the best lessons we learn from Jesus is a life that was unselfish.  Everything Jesus had done was stemmed by doing the will of His Father.  He never once had his own agenda or plans.  Rather he came to be a servant and to reflect servant leadership to those around him.

We see this best in the first half of this chapter.  I know that many see the washing of the diciples feet as one of the greatest examples of leadership but what about the Gethsemane account?  Here you have Jesus knowing he was going to die, knowing he was going to be betrayed and denied and still chose to do the will of His Father.  Was there hesitation and struggle?  The bottom line was Jesus desired to be obedient to God.

For each of us living in our western world we operate quite contrary to Jesus’ model.  We function in expecting God to line up His will with our will rather then the other way around.  The problem occurs when we realize that is not how God works.

Today, meditate on the Gethsemane account.  Ask God to give you both the desire and ability to say as Jesus said, “Not my will but yours!”