Life on Towels' Edge

Daily Scripture Threshing for Today, Sunday, October 26, 2025

Today’s Text: John 13:1–17

Key Verses: John 13:14–15 (KJV): “If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.”

Once again, we are presented with a blessed sequel to yesterday's devotional meditation. Jesus’s final evening with His disciples was not marked by an anointing of power but by the pouring forth of his heart for humble service. Before the Last Supper, the Lord of Glory laid aside His outer purple garment, took up a towel, and bowed low to wash His disciples’ feet. It was a shocking reversal—the Master stooping as the servant. The hands that formed us from the dust now cleansed dirt from between the toes of ordinary men. The One before whom angels veil their faces knelt before mortal men whom he foreknew would soon abandon Him.

However, it is in that posture that He taught earth the truest shape of greatness. On the edge of His towel, that night, Jesus dismantled all our prideful concepts of leadership. He foreknew us, and went ahead to show that dignity in His kingdom is not in arrogance and spectacle of our ego. It is in the act of serving—it is actually discovered there. The towel is the New Testament's mantle. It became our Lord's scepter; and the basin His throne. By this, He was declaring not only His humility but the heartbeat of His kingdom o earth. He wants His men to know that to love is to serve; and the way to rule is to kneel.

From the towel’s edge of Christ, today's believers and ministers must learn that faith is not proven by how high we climb and boast, but by how low we bow. As a matter of fact, what sanctifies the ordinary is service. When you choose to stoop—to forgive, to help, to listen, to care—you echo the rhythm of our Lord, Savior and Master's heart. The Christian life is not a climb unto greatness but a descent into grace. Leadership in the likeness of Christ wears humility as its garment and bears love as its fragrance.

To wash another’s feet today may not always mean literal water and basin. It may mean the tender patience to bear with others, the presence to comfort, or the will to pray for those who wound you. To stand at “a towel’s edge” is to be ready at any moment to prefer another’s good over your own. It is to take responsibility for the dust of others, knowing that Christ has already cleansed yours. It is being willing to protect others than expose and tear them down. It is understanding that you are your brother's keeper. That is life on towel’s edge, and that's how we are to live.

Action Steps: Look around today for someone whose “feet” need washing—not physically, but emotionally or spiritually. Bring comfort, strength, or silent presence. Choose the towel over the throne; the basin over the banner. This is how our Lord taught us.

Quote for the Day: “The basin of humility still holds heaven’s reflection; whoever kneels beside it learns the shape of the Savior’s throne.” (Simon Olatunji #quotablequote)

Let Us Pray: Dear Lord Jesus, thank You for being our great example. I humbly come before You who stooped to serve, to instill in me the grace of the towel and the basin. Let pride fall from my shoulders as You clothe me in Your humility. Wash from me the desire to be noticed, and cleanse my heart with the joy of serving others. Make my hands Your hands, my love Your love, my way Your way. And, may I find greatness again on the towel’s edge, following You who knelt for me. I ask all these, Lord Jesus, in Your most glorious name. Amen.

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Thank you for joining this journey of faith and reflection. For deeper meditation on Jesus’s servant leadership, read: Luke 22:24–27, Philippians 2:5–11, and 1 Peter 5:5–6.

With all my love and prayers,

Simon Wale Olatunji, Ph.D.

Your Darling Bishop (DaBishop)

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