Jesus and his dicples celebrated the Passover meal on this day.  During the meal Jesus changed some of the cedar traditions and instituted what we today celebrate as the Lord’s Supper.  You can take some time to read the account in John 13.
During this meal Jesus showed his dicples what love is, he took the place of a servant and washed their feet.  After the washing He commanded His disples to follow His example and then spoke these famous words,

A new commandment I give you: Love one another.  As I have loved you so you must love one another.  By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

On this night Jesus launched the church with its marching orders – a revolution of love.  Rebels with the aim of colonizing earth with the life-changing power of love.  It was a challenge for his disciples – they were up to it and today we’re here as a result of their unselfish service.  The challenge now stands in front of our doors, will we except?  Will we carry the fire of God in our bossoms and bring it to the unloved and destitute?  I pray that we will.

Take some time today and think about your love quotient.  Another way to think about it is, what acts of service have I performed in the last week.  Am I still a servant, or did I transition into a chronic receiver?  This poem by Michael Card might be helpful in your reflection,

In an upstairs room a parable
is just about to come alive;
and while they bicker about who’s best
with a painful glance He’ll silently rise.
Their saviour-servant must show them how,
through the will of the water
and the tenderness of the towel.

And the call is to community,
the impoverished power that sets the soul free
in humility to take the vow
that day after day
we must take up the basin and the towel.

In any ordinary place,
on any ordinary day,
the parable can live again
when one will kneel and one will yield.
Our Saviour-servant must show us how,
through the will of the water
and the tenderness of the towel.

And the space between ourselves, sometimes,
is more than the distance between the stars.
By the fragile bridge of the servant’s bow,
we take up the basin and the towel.

And the call is to community
the impoverished power that sets the soul free
in humility to take the vow
that day after day
we must take up the basin:
and the call is to community;
and day after day
we must take up the basin and the towel.

–Michael Card, The Basin and the Towel

Shalom!