The He Gets Us ad during the Superbowl has sparked controversy. The fact that it has been derisive isn’t surprising because a lot of things cause derision in our world today. People are quick to jump on one another.
This blog isn’t going to go into the whole He Gets Us campaign, only the specific Superbowl ad about washing feet. The entire campaign might have other issues that might need to be talked about, but I don’t know a lot about the entire campaign, so I’m not going to speak on that.
I read John 13 today, which depicts the scene where Jesus washes His disciples’ feet. It struck me that even if Jesus washes your feet, you may not be clean. After all, He washed Judas’s feet and he wasn’t clean.
Washing feet wasn’t a symbol of baptism.
This poignant scene in Scripture depicts that Jesus didn’t consider Himself too high and mighty to wash His disciples’ feet. And therefore, we must not think of ourselves so highly that we cannot wash other people’s feet, whether figuratively or even literally.
It seems to me that washing feet was a symbol of doing unto others, and we need to do that for our friends and enemies.
So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. ~ John 13:34 NLT
I remember it being done at Chesapeake way back in the early days.