ESOCS Devotional 16 June 2025 – Time’s Up
MEMORY VERSE: “When Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father.” John 13:1
TEXT: JOHN 13:1-11
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
2 And supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, 4 rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. 5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. 6 Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him, “Lord, are You washing my feet?”
7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this.”
8 Peter said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!”
Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.”
9 Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”
10 Jesus said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.” 11 For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He said, “You are not all clean.”
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The Lord knew His time was up (13:1), His “hour” was come. He called it “mine hour” (John 2:4); but He also told His enemies that it was “your hour” (Lk.22:53). Well, which was it? It was their hour; but it was His too because He knew His Father would use it to glorify Himself.
Are your enemies making this a miserable hour in your life? If you believe Romans 8:28 you can make their hour yours. The Lord proved soul sleep isn’t true when He said that the hour had come for Him to depart out of the world to the Father (13:1; Eccl. 12:7; 2 Cor. 5:8; Phil. 1:23). We know He loved “His own which were in the world” because He taught them (Mark 6:34). Don’t ever think churches that minister to people’s physical needs love people more. The Lord loved them “unto the end” of His life, even though He knew that Peter was about to deny Him (Mt. 26:34) and the rest would scatter (Zech. 13:7).
How did the devil put it in Judas’ heart to betray the Lord? (John 13:2). He didn’t overpower his will. Judas was already a thief (12:6), and so, it was easy to tempt him to sell the Lord out for money (Mt. 26:14-16). Satan can’t put anything in your heart that you’re not inclined to do. The Lord knew from the beginning that Judas would betray Him (John 6:64). He knew it when He made him treasurer. He knew it when He sent him to preach the gospel. Don’t ever think your life is such a mess that God can’t use you!
The Father gave all things into the Lord’s hands (13:3), meaning He gave Him the power to give eternal life (3:35, 36; 17:1, 2). When the Lord left, He put men in charge of this power (Mt. 28:18, 19). Use it! The Lord knew He was going to God (John 13:4). So, what was on His bucket list?
At this last supper, they were fighting over who’d be the greatest in the kingdom (Lk. 22:14-24). So, He decided that they needed a lesson in humility. He knew He came from God but He washed their feet (John 13:4, 5). Proud men wouldn’t (Lk.7:40-44). Finally, the Lord was trying to teach two things by washing their feet: humility, and that they would be priests in the kingdom as He knows His time was up.
Dearly beloved, we are all in journey; make yours count by impacting on your generation. That’s the essence of our stay here.
CHALLENGES
- What do you make of your hour of trial and temptation? What would be your inclination when you are tested?
PRAYER POINT
- Father, I pray that my life will impact my generation daily. Amen.
FURTHER READING: Ezekiel 9:1-11; 10:1-22; John 13:2-22
ESOCS Devotional 16 June 2025
