I must avoid being a “no part with Me” disciple (John 13:8). This kind of disciple has not merely sinned; he has remained unconscious of sinning. There is no hypocrisy here, certainly not deceit, but simple carelessness or ignorance. But Christ is strict about the matter, and if Simon Peter feels that a little dust between the toes is insignificant, then he will hear the Lord say, “You have no part with Me.”
Having no part in Christ means that His blessing power turns to pleading power. The flow of one stream must stop and the flow of the other must be turned on. This means a loss of efficiency as the outflowing virtue of Christ is temporarily checked. If I have no part in Christ, those around me will have no part of Christ. It is essential to God that He has channels through whom to work; it is also essential, as Jesus made clear, that those channels be clean (Isaiah 52:11).
Having no part in Christ also means that His showcase becomes a confessional box (Job 1). I am no longer on display, no longer pointed to, until I have allowed Him to wipe off the last trace of mud. God’s pride in me has turned to grief over me (Ephesians 4:30); and until I grieve like-mindedly with Him, I cannot expect to be “daily His delight” (Proverbs 8:30).
Jesus exposed Simon Peter’s slovenliness, but only because Peter had exposed the Lord to shame. Happily, Peter immediately dipped his feet and removed the irritation between himself and Christ. “Now ye are clean” (John 15:3, KJV) is a statement of fact but also of pleasure—the exquisite pleasure of Jesus Christ when He makes us one with Him in spiritual purity. Once again we have “part in Him.” Then comes His peace, which is His very own (John 14:27), and His joy, which is always full (John 15:11).
“But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts” (Romans 13:14).
Daily with the King 