His benefits!

John 13:12-17

After he had washed their feet, taken back his clothes and returned to the table, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you?” you call me ‘Rabbi’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because I am. Now if I, the Lord and Rabbi, have washed your feet, you also should wash each other’s feet. For I have set you and example, so that you may do as I have done to you. Yes, indeed! I tell you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is an emissary greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

Jesus asks “Do you understand what I have done to you?” We need to rightly understand what Jesus has done for us. The washing of the disciple’s feet was symbolic of Jesus serving us and making us clean through His death and resurrection.

Psalm 103:2-3 says “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits; who pardons all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases.”

In Mark 8 when the disciples are discussing their lack of resources Jesus rebukes them and says “Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember?” He challenges them to call to memory times when He has been faithful.

We need to have the perspectives of remembrance and thanksgiving for what the Lord has done and all His benefits toward us.

What has He done for you personally?