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A CALL TO THE CHURCH
Sarah McKisic • January 14, 2020
“Church, it’s time to rise up so you can lie down.”
God very clearly keeps telling me this phrase. I truly believe it’s time for the church to rise and take its place of influence on this earth by getting low and serving ‘the least of these’. He want’s to build you up and instill in you your worth and authority so you can become a servant like Jesus. Jesus always got low. He wasn’t afraid of the dirty feet, he washed them and set an example for you and I to do the same. It was from a place of love and knowledge of His worth and identity that he set aside his robe and put on an apron. I believe that He wants to wash our feet so that we can become holy and be apart of what He is doing on this earth. Another phrase I keep hearing, “Spring water, spring water, spring water. Rise Up. Purify Me. Spring up out of me.” I see springs bursting forth and filling the earth with living pure water and the ground blooming with new life. A spring is a place where water naturally flows out of the ground which comes from the german word ‘springer’ meaning to leap from the ground. Spring water forms from aquifers which are underground water reservoirs. All aquifers are filled with water because they have a source feeding them. A spring forms when the pressure in the aquifers causes the water to flow out of the surface, normally at low elevations. I see the church getting low before the Lord and being fed with living water that fills us up so much so that the pressure increases and it in turn leaps out of us and onto the earth and those around us. We need to become so full of Him that the natural response is to have Him flow out. It all starts with getting low and connecting to the source. Once we are low we will naturally rise up and be in a position where we can wash feet. Following Jesus isn’t a promise to live a glamorous trouble free life but it is a promise for a blessed life. It’s time to rise so you can lie down. If you understand what He is saying, it’s time to ACT like it. Let us connect to Him, let him wash us clean and make us holy, and live out the example He has given us. Let’s wash feet. He is worthy.
John 13 (the MSG) -
“Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that the time had come to leave this world to go to the Father. Having loved his dear companions, he continued to love them right to the end. It was suppertime. The Devil by now had Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, firmly in his grip, all set for the betrayal. Jesus knew that the Father had put him in complete charge of everything, that he came from God and was on his way back to God. So he got up from the supper table, set aside his robe, and put on an apron. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, drying them with his apron. When he got to Simon Peter, Peter said, “Master, you wash my feet?” Jesus answered, “You don’t understand now what I’m doing, but it will be clear enough to you later.” Peter persisted, “You’re not going to wash my feet—ever!”
Jesus said, “If I don’t wash you, you can’t be part of what I’m doing.” “Master!” said Peter. “Not only my feet, then. Wash my hands! Wash my head!” Jesus said, “If you’ve had a bath in the morning, you only need your feet washed now and you’re clean from head to toe. My concern, you understand, is holiness, not hygiene. So now you’re clean. But not every one of you.” (He knew who was betraying him. That’s why he said, “Not every one of you.”) After he had finished washing their feet, he took his robe, put it back on, and went back to his place at the table. Then he said, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You address me as ‘Teacher’ and ‘Master,’ and rightly so. That is what I am. So if I, the Master and Teacher, washed your feet, you must now wash each other’s feet. I’ve laid down a pattern for you. What I’ve done, you do. I’m only pointing out the obvious. A servant is not ranked above his master; an employee doesn’t give orders to the employer. If you understand what I’m telling you, act like it—and live a blessed life.”