Upside Down, week 3

Our final week of Upside Down was focused on the fact that Jesus gave a lot of attention (maybe the most) to his closest companions or his friends and family. This really vital because I think it's sometimes easy to focus on serving people around the world and in the community and neglect the people closest to you.

Example of Jesus serving his friends
Jesus served the 12 disciples by washing their feet. This was the ultimate act of service because it was dirty and humbling. It was a job for a servant and back then people's feet were really nasty.

The Challenge
Not only should we allow Jesus' example to encourage and motivate us to serve, but we should also see that Jesus served the ones he was closest to. Sometimes we get comfortable with our friends and family that when we really think about it, we can't think of the last time we did something really nice for them or encouraged them.

Students last night made a commitment to serve someone close to them over the holidays and I am praying that they will follow through on their commitments!