April 3, 2011

4-3-11 Sunday, 6:08 am Springfield, 58 degrees, breezy

It is good to be home from California. Yesterday our trip went smoothly, with a brief layover in Phoenix. The weather outside this morning feels like southern California. I am greatly anticipating this morning of worship, sacrament and fellowship, with a town hall meeting at 3, and a premarital counseling at 5.

John 13: 1-20

Jesus washes his disciples feet. They do not understand what he is doing, or why, but he wants them to experience his servant role, so that they can go and do likewise. This is my theme this morning – just as Jesus was God as an “undercover servant”, so each of us should be, always, everywhere looking for opportunities to serve.

– In 2010 a new television show was launched, based on a British reality show called Undercover Boss. Larry O'Donnell the CEO of Waste Management, Inc, (the trash company) spent a week working in his company in entry level jobs. This T.V. show was an immediate hit, because people enjoy seeing a powerful, wealthy person taking a lowly position and doing common work. And then the followup is that the workers are rewarded, or receive extra training as needed. This is what God did when he came in the person of Jesus Christ.

Guide me Lord as I serve you today. Inspire my leading, preaching, serving, listening, praying. May this first Sunday in April be a day in which You are glorified through the Wesley (Springfield) worshipping community. Amen.