Just hours before His crucifixion, Jesus showed His love once again for mankind by sitting down and serving His disciples. While they bickered among themselves as to who was the greatest among them, Jesus set about the task of ministry.
It was not a glorious position of preaching or standing in front of great multitudes to exhort and to be seen, but it was ministry. Like a lowly servant, He washed the feet of the men that He had called to follow Him. When He had finished, He let them know that this is the pattern they should follow. [see John 13:15-17]
Ministry is not always proclamation, but it’s mostly demonstration. Ministry serves.