"Thou shalt never wash my feet." ~ Jn. 13:8
Someone said, "You can get so sweet, you're sticky." I say, "You can get so spiritual, you're sickening." Refusing to allow our blessed Lord to minister to us is the height of pseudo-humility; it's sickening to see. Telling Jesus what He can and cannot do in our lives is to deny His Lordship. On another occasion, Peter, like many of us, said, "Not so, Lord." It always is lawful for our Lord to do with His own as He pleases.
In reference to Christ, there are two types of ministering: We minister to Him (Acts 13:2), and He ministering to us, as seen in our text. But, the latter is to be first in order. This is seen in the healing of Peter's mother-in-law. Jesus first ministered to her in her sickness, then after being raised up, she ministered to Him. Only after He ministers to us are we fit to minister to Him and others.
Jesus is the "Eternal Servant” (1Cor.15:28). He told His disciples He came to minister. He enjoyed ministering to them and us. As I have grown older and feebler, along with my sickness, I find myself quite often saying, "Lord you're going to have to come and minister to me today; I don't believe I can make it." And I almost immediately hear a knock at the door, the Great Physician standing there, making one of His many house calls.
“Whenever or wherever Jesus is needed you may depend on Him showing up.”~rds
by an Aged Saint