A Different Kind of Ruler

Every year different lines in Christmas carols stand out to me. Last year it was, "Chains shall he break for the slave is our brother." This year it's "He rules the world with truth and grace..."

I've spent the year reading about the lives of Alexander the Great, Pompey, Caesar, Mark Antony, Octavian/ Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Hadrian, and Cleopatra. And not once did I ever read about any of them offering to wash their followers' feet. Yet the King of kings and Lord of lords wrapped a towel around his waist and grabbed the basin. The disciples had walked more than one hundred miles, so their feet were probably caked with dirt and cracked, if not downright blood-covered.

From Hitler, Mussolini, and Mao to Nixon, Ford, Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, Bush 43, and Obama--nobody leads like that. Nobody.

"...and makes the nations prove the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love."

May the humble servant who rules the world with truth and grace rule in your heart in his holy season.