August 2015 Visiting Teaching Message
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report your visiting teaching to your supervisors.
Divine Attributes of Jesus Christ
Meek and Humble
Prayerfully
study this material and seek to know what to share. How will understanding the
life and roles of the Savior increase your faith in Him and bless those you
watch over through visiting teaching?
This
is part of a series of Visiting Teaching Messages featuring divine attributes
of the Savior.
Jesus Washing the Feet of the Apostles,
by Del Parson
Jesus
said, “He that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is
chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat,
or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he
that serveth” (Luke 22:26–27).
“The
Savior is our supreme example of the power of humility and submissiveness.
After all, His submitting His will to the Father brought about the greatest,
and even the most powerful, event in all of history. Perhaps some of the most
sacred words in all the scriptures are simply, ‘Not my will, but thine, be
done’ (Luke 22:42).”1
As
disciples of Jesus Christ, we always seek to be like Him.
“Meekness is vital for us to become more Christlike,” said Elder Ulisses Soares
of the Seventy. Without it we won’t be able to develop other important virtues.
Being meek does not mean weakness, but it does mean behaving with goodness and
kindness, showing strength, serenity, healthy self-worth, and self-control.”2
As we work to develop this attribute, we will find that “humbly submitting our
will to the Father brings us the empowerment of God—the power of humility. It
is the power to meet life’s adversities, the power of peace, the power of hope,
the power of a heart throbbing with a love for and testimony of the Savior
Jesus Christ, even the power of redemption.”3
Additional Scriptures
From the Scriptures
One
of the sweetest and most powerful moments of Christ’s ministry was when He
washed the feet of His disciples. “He riseth from supper, and laid aside his
garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water
into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the
towel wherewith he was girded” (John 13:4–5).
As
the Savior introduced this ordinance, the disciples may have been overwhelmed
that their Lord and Master knelt before them and performed so meek a service.
Jesus then explained the lessons He wanted them and all of us to learn:
“If
I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one
another’s feet.
Consider This
How
can having humility help us love as the Savior did?
