HYMN: O Christ, You Chose the Servant's Place

Continuing with my project of writing a hymn for every Sunday in the Church year for the 1-year lectionary from Lutheran Service Book, this text is based on the Propers for the Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity. This is the account of Jesus healing the man with dropsy on the Sabbath as found in Luke 14:1-11. After He heals the man, our Lord gives the Pharisees a lesson in humility. As is usually the case, I struggled with where to begin. As is usually the case, I finally decided the best place to start is with our Lord. (Would the writing process go quicker if I always started there?) Anyway, here it is. Feedback is love.

O Christ, You Chose the Servant’s Place

1. O Christ, You chose the servant’s place

In joining Your creation’s race.

You showed Your great humility

In bearing all my sins for me.

2. Bring me before the mercy seat

To beg forgiveness at Your feet.

Unworthy of Your love, I pray:
Give me a heart made new each day.

3. To sinful man you speak a word

As sweet as any man has heard.

You raise me from my fallen state

And save me from my hell-bound fate.

4. In all I do and think and say,

Lead me to walk the lowly way,

To solely trust Your holy blood

To bring good fruit to spring and bud.

5. Teach me in humble love to seek

And serve the lowly, poor, and meek.

Help me in ev’ry time and place

To share with all Your boundless grace.

6. O Christ, You chose the servant’s place.

Until I see you face to face,

I pray for true humility,

To love as You have first loved me.

© 2018 Alan Kornacki, Jr.

LM (88 88)

Tune: WO GOTT ZUM HAUS (LSB 934)

Occasion: Trinity XVII