Reflecting on what this time in Lent is all about today as we celebrate Maundy Thursday. Picturing a day of Jesus eating the Passover meal with his disciples and washing their feet... how I love this image...
Before the Passover meal, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. By performing this lowly act of service, the Bible says in John 13:1 that Jesus "showed them the full extent of his love." By his example, Jesus demonstrated how Christians are to love one another through humble service.
During the Passover meal, Jesus took bread and wine and asked his Father to bless it. He broke the bread into pieces, giving it to his disciples and said, "This is my body, given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." Then he took the cup of wine, shared it with his disciples and said, "This wine is the token of God's new covenant to save you--an agreement sealed with the blood I will pour out for you." These events recorded in Luke 22:19-20 describe the Last Supper and form the biblical basis for the practice of Communion.
What Does "Maundy" Mean?
Derived from the Latin word mandatum, meaning "commandment," Maundy refers to the commands Jesus gave his disciples at the Last Supper: to love with humility by serving one another and to remember his sacrifice.
Today is a day of remembering what sacrificial love looks like. Remembering that Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane and prayed with such earnestness that he sweat blood...
Last night at Oasis Youth Group we did the stations of the cross and walked through that eighteen hours that Jesus was arrested, beaten, crucified and buried... knowing that Sunday is coming!! I love Lent and Holy week is such a great time of preparation and studying the Word. How amazing it is to know we have a Risen Savior!! So may this Maundy Thursday be a vivid reminder of all that Jesus has done and may our hearts feel that anticipation for Easter morning!!
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