John 13.2-3

2During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, 3Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,

If I knew what Jesus knew, and I was about to give my life for the world and about to die for the sins of all who would believe, then I would have been doing my best to let everyone know what I was about to do, and emphasizing it, sucking up as much attention and glory as I could, right then and there. I would be saying and thinking, “Look at how much I am serving you? Look at what I am doing! I am going to die on a cross! I am doing all this for you! Look how much I am serving.”

Why wait to receive the glory that is due you? Yet Jesus knew that his only desire was to glorify the Father. He had no desire to seek the applause and glory of men. Jesus seems secretive and kept hidden the extent of what he was doing, which was giving it ALL up. He showed what it means to give ALL of oneself, he didn’t only talk about it. Many talk about giving and serving, but rarely do people show it like Jesus did; a combination of both word and deed.