Master and Teacher

So in the days of slaves there were masters and there were servants. The servant was simply around to do exactly what the Master told them to do, they existed merely to serve, and in their eyes the Master existed merely to tell them what to do and make sure they did it. Well, in the 13th chapter they refer to Jesus as Master and then as Teacher. Those 2 do not go all that well together, we are to view Jesus as our Master, but also as our Teacher but we can't simply stop there.
You call me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
THere are two major themes going on in these verses for me. The first is the fact that Jesus is Teacher and Lord. If we view Him as such it should be so engrained that we do it subconsciously. If we do it any other way we will simply disappoint ourselves in the ways that we react to Him. He is our Savior and friend and I don't know of many slaves that ever viewed their Master as their Savior or as their friend. Jesus is all of these. Jesus washed the feet of the disciples in a role of servant to show them humility and to show them how they ought to think of themselves as servants to all. Jesus saw Himself as a servant for the lost and saved alike. He came to reach the lost, teach the saved, and die as a ransom. None of which point any closer to Him as a Lord and a Teacher than the other.
As our Lord we are to obey the words of Jesus. The neat thing about the word obey is that the word obey is almost always based on a loving relationship between two people. We are to obey our parents, well that is a loving relationship between two parties.
Basically, we should not be consciously and constantly aware of God as our Master, but it should be there. If we do stay aware of it completely then we miss out on the relationship side of JEsus which is the most important aspect of the believer's life.
He wants us to be in a relationship where He is so easily our Master and Teacher that we have no conscious awareness of it--a relationship where all we know is that we are His to obey.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!