Chapter Thirteen

The Way Up

ON THE HEELS OF THE LATEST

‘BOUT WHO’D BE THE GREATEST

WE SAT FOR THE PASSOVER FEAST

HE’D SAID BEFORE THAT THE GREATEST MUST FIRST BE THE LEAST

NOW IT’S ONE THING TO SAY IT

QUITE ANOTHER TO DISPLAY IT

WE WERE AS LOST AS COULD BE

STRIPPED DOWN LIKE A SLAVE AND THEN THERE HE WAS WASHING OUR FEET

A SILENCE LIKE THUNDER HAD ENTERED THE ROOM

I WAITED AND WONDERED JUST WHAT I SHOULD DO

WHAT KIND OF SAVIOR

DISPLAYS SUCH BEHAVIOR

TO LOWER HIMSELF AS HE DID?

FROM THE RICHES OF GLORY

TO THE SERVANT BEFORE ME WHO SITS

ON THE GROUND

THE LAST WILL BE FIRST

THE GREATEST WILL SERVE

THE WAY UP TO THE KINGDOM IS DOWN

I BROKE THE SILENCE

IN SELF RIGHTEOUS DEFIANCE

AS SOON AS HE REACHED FOR MY FEET

I SHOULD BE THE ONE SERVING YOU AND YOU WILL NEVER SERVE ME

I SHAMEFULLY FOUND

I WAS ALL TURNED AROUND

AND I COULD HAVE NO PART OF HIM

IF HE DOESN’T WASH ME THEN WHAT WILL I DO WITH MY SIN?

MY SPIRIT WAS PLEADING THAT I MIGHT UNDERSTAND

HOW MY PRIDE TOOK A BEATING AT THE LORD’S GENTLE HANDS

FOR ALL THAT HE DID I DO STRONGLY AFFIRM

BUT THE LESSON HE LIVED I STILL STRUGGLE TO LEARN