At last night’s AXIS meeting we began a study on knowing and having a heart after Gods. We learned that one of the major things at the heart of God is service. John 13 & Luke 7. Christ demonstrated this himself by washing the disciple’s feet. So last night, Anthony demonstrated this by washing others feet. This was intended to be an example to us on what kind of attitude and heart we should have towards others. We learned that it’s not about the actual act of washing another’s feet that is significant, but rather the attitude of service that one must have to kneel down in front of someone and wash their feet.

We also watched and discussed the video below. This embodies a Father’s amazing love for his son and his attitude of service that is at the very forefront of their relationship. We noted how obvious it is in this video that this father basically laid aside himself and his comfort just to serve his son and give him a life he could never have had otherwise. And how it came naturally, out of his immense love for him. It wasn’t really even something he had to think about, it simply flowed out of pure love.  Just like our Father has for us, and then commands us to have for one another as His disciples. This video is to us, such a representation of God’s love for us and how He loved us so much that He laid His life down so that we, in our frail state, could be free. And we could WIN, depite our weakness.

It left us all challenged to begin to implement this character of Christ’s heart into our own daily lives so that we can be more worthy of the title “followers of Christ.”

” We have not truly learned what it means to love like Jesus until we can lay aside ourselves simply to serve others. There is no greater demonstration than this.”