Humility

"If then, your Lord and teacher, have washed your feet: ye also ought to wash one another's feet." John 13:14. 

Someone once commented on this passage - "It's hard to follow Christ when He stoops so low." You can say that again. Somehow it's easier to think of following Christ in the important tasks, or when there is personal status involved. Yet following this example of washing the disciples feet, Christ says "Happy are ye if ye do them." John 13:17. We can have joy when we follow Christ's will and desire for us, because we are adapting an attitude that brings us outside of ourselves - Christ's attitude of humility. In doing this, we come into communion with Christ which brings us joy, even difficult circumstances surrounding us.