“Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.” John 13:14-16

Dear Jesus, I want that happy feeling that comes from doing what you would do if you were me. I want confidence that I’m focusing on the right things. I want the peace of knowing that others are blessed by my presence in their lives. I want the freedom to love without counting the cost to myself. I want self-forgetfulness and other oriented-ness. I want to do mundane things for others without getting noticed. I want liberation from the need to be recognized, rewarded and vindicated. I want you working great things through me for others without anyone knowing I was involved. Oh Jesus, give me the servant’s heart and the servant’s life. Forgive me when I don’t want any of these things. Amen.

There is a happiness that comes from dying to help others live.