Digging Deeper: Called to Pour Out
“No,” Peter protested, “You will never ever wash my feet.”
Jesus replied, “Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me.”
John 13:8 (NLT)
CALLED TO POUR OUT
Peter’s resistance to being washed wasn’t about pride—it was about shame.
I think we all know that feeling.
We often carry quiet guilt, old wounds, or hidden insecurities. But Jesus insists:
“Let Me wash you.”
He doesn’t just want our hands that serve—He wants our hearts, fully surrendered.
He longs to wash away every voice that says we’re not enough, so that we can pour into others from a place of healing and wholeness.
To serve like Jesus, we must first be filled by Him.
When we allow Him to cleanse, restore, and heal us, we become vessels of His mercy to a world in desperate need of it.
Prayer
Jesus, today we give You every part of us—the broken, the weary, the unsure. Wash us in Your grace. Quiet the voices of shame and remind us of who we are in You. Fill us, Lord, so we can pour out love and hope wherever You lead us. Use our stories, our scars, and our strength to reflect Your beauty to the world around us.
Amen.
Kelly Skelton is a Georgia native, raised in the south on Jesus, Georgia football and sweet tea. She is her husbands’ biggest fan and her two daughters’ loudest cheerleaders. She recently published her first children’s book titled, But God Had a Plan. She stays active in the Dallas area as a photographer, videographer, writer, and middle school teacher.