Take The Lowest Place
Song Eight on The Calling of a Priest
Take the Lowest Place. ( Luke 14:7-14). I wrote the chorus for “Take the Lowest Place” 29 August 2007, just a few days after I wrote “Dropsy” (for Luke 14:1-4). The next day, the 30th, I wrote the verses. I also wrote “I wouldn't want the Lord, who invited me in, to have to come to me and ‘move me down’ - it would be much better to take the lowest place and have to stay there!” Taking the lowest place is not just what He calls us to, but it is part of His own calling. (Phil. 2:1-11). I wrote a “second chorus” where I changed the first one to He took the lowest place…etc. and then said that His cup is running over. It made the song a bit unwieldy, so I dropped it - but it's true. He is only asking us to do what He has already done for our sakes. He has set us the perfect example of what it means to take the lowest place. Taking the lowest place is the calling of a priest.
Take the Lowest Place Lyrics
Take the lowest place
nothing there to humiliate
can't go down any farther
even if you're never moved up
take the lowest place
befriend those who cannot repay
and your cup will run over
and blessings will fill you up
Humble yourself, whatever you do
and there will be no need to humble you
when you're down as low as you can go
there's nowhere to humble you to.
Take the lowest place
nothing there to humiliate
can't go down any farther
even if you're never moved up
take the lowest place
befriend those who cannot repay
and your cup will run over
and blessings will fill you up
Humble yourself, it's in your attitude
How you treat those who talk with you
you know if you try to have the edge
you may find that they're humbling you
Take the lowest place
nothing there to humiliate
can't go down any farther
even if you're never moved up
take the lowest place
befriend those who cannot repay
and your cup will run over
and blessings will fill you up
Make friends of the blind, poor, crippled and lame
Those from whom there's nothing to gain
you may find that the blind sees better than you
you may find that love loves best through pain
Take the lowest place
nothing there to humiliate
can't go down any farther
even if you're never moved up
take the lowest place
befriend those who cannot repay
and your cup will run over
and blessings will fill you up
(He who exalts himself will be humbled
but the humble will be lifted up.)
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