There are great benefits if we do this………
17 If you know these things, blessed andhappy andto be envied are you if you practice them [if you act accordingly and really do them].
1st--- Serving others by taking the towel actually puts me 1st. When I put myself last & others 1st, I become 1stin the Kingdom.
Matt 20:16 Last shall be 1st& the 1stshall be last
2nd– taking the towel helps me fulfill my calling. Jesus declares that we ought to serve one another as He has served us.
3rd– taking the towel means I have an understanding & revelation that I’m more like Jesus. We look most like Him when we serve others. When Jesus came to Earth, He gave up His reputation (His title), took the form of a bondservant & came in the likeness of men in order to reach us.
The more we know who we are in Jesus, the more we will be serving.