The Night Before

On the night before He died, Jesus didn't give a long lecture on theology or a complex set of rules for the future. He did something much simpler and much harder: He washed the dirty feet of His friends—including the one who was about to betray Him—and told them to follow His lead.

The benefit of this "Maundy" (which comes from the Latin word for command) is that it gives our lives a clear, simple north star. When the world feels complicated, when your projects are stressful, or when people are difficult to deal with, the goal remains the same: Love like Jesus.

This isn't a "soft" kind of love; it’s a gritty, servant-hearted love. It’s the kind of love that puts others first, even when it’s inconvenient. When you shift your focus from "What can I get?" to "How can I serve?", the pressure of your own performance starts to lift. You realize that your greatest success today isn't just about what you build, but how you treat the people around you while you're building it.