DIRT
DIRT
I want to
talk about dirt. For a few years now I have been thinking long and hard about
Jesus and his feet. Not about how they were his feet, the paths they took, the
places they brought him, how they looked when he was praying, or the scars they
held after being resurrected. I can’t stop thinking about how they were dirty.
On the
night of the last supper, he made it a big point to wash all of his apostles’
dirty feet. They were good men that had given up everything to follow him, and
they had dirty feet. He washed their feet, and his feet stayed dirty. In fact,
when he went to Gethsemane he had – dirty feet. By the night of the Last
Supper, 5 days had passed from when Mary had anointed his feet. He had been out
and about, and with those feet he would perform the biggest miracle that would
ever occur on the face of the earth. So why am I talking about dirty feet? Why is
this one point so important to me?
It’s
because we all have dirt. No one is ever above dirt. Now I am not talking about
rolling in the mud dirt, or got stuck in a wind storm dirt. I am talking about
the dirt that we pick up just being a part of the world that we live in. The kind
that unintentionally shows up in our paths and adheres to us whether we want it
to or not. The spiritual dirt that we can’t shake in our lives. Even Christ had
dirt while he was here. He picked it up to. So why on earth are we focusing on each
other’s dirt? Why are we hyper focusing on how dirty everyone else’s dirt is
when we and Christ have waded through it and come out on the other side unclean?
After
he washed the feet of his apostles in John 13:16 he said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is
not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent
him.” Jesus knew that he was no better than anyone and that he had an important
work to do. He spent his time teaching, healing, reaching out to the downtrodden,
speaking with the spiritually strong, forgiving the sinner, and loving the
prideful. He wasn’t worried about anyone’s dirt. He was only worried about paying
the price to wash it all away for mankind.
So, the next time that you
are focusing on your dirt, or someone else’s, know that Jesus already took care
of it. All you have to do is love him and do your best not to pick up too much
more. Remember if you do happen to get a little dirty, it’s all part of being
here. Being in this world is dirty. So, can we all stop worrying about our dirt
and everyone else’s? Can we start looking to the Savior? Dirt didn’t waste any
of his precious time, and we shouldn’t let it stop us either. Serve, love,
learn, pray, forgive and be forgiven, repent, sing, dance, testify, serve,
uplift, and teach with your dirt. Now go get out there and change the
world. It’s OK to get a little dirty.
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