Lent V - Jesus Institutes the New Order of Service

The Upper Room:  now a place where 

many wandering feet

come and go

and recall a time when Jesus 

came into a room (maybe this very one)

and established a new order of service

Not only a new Passover liturgy

where the body and blood of the Lamb of God

are served up for forgiveness

The Upper Room - the traditional site in Jerusalem

But He also establishes

 A new order of service - a liturgy of humility 

The King of kings and Lord of lords 

assumes the lowest place

doing a job no disciple would dare assume

because they all wanted position, edging out the other 

to sit in the place of power --

next to God

So what do you do

when the King of Kings

changes the orders of creation

and moves to the end of the line?

He's the first one to grab towel and bowl of water

Now watch as this First One

takes the lowest place in the room

and serves His created ones

Here is the new order of service

He changes the orders of creation

first is last 

last is first:

Love one another 

as

I have loved you

So now:  What do we do?

 Proud feet scramble to 

find their place --

next to the First One who now 

is in last place:

Servant of All!

It's in that place -- 

I find myself served

and learning a new order of service.