Matthew 26:57-68
Caiaphas
Lord, when I am very confident,
when it is crystal clear and the die cast
and when I stride life’s path looking neither to left nor right,
defeat me.
Pull the rug from under my feet,
confound me.
For my hope rests in my undoing.
Pity the upright man who has never stumbled.
Have mercy on the sinner who has never sinned.
Bind up the wounds of the man who does not know he’s wounded
and turn around the runner who at the chequered flag reaches for the garland
but has never seen the misery in his wake,
the feet he has trodden on,
the false paths he has travelled.
Possess me, for I am possessed.
Defeat me, for I am defeated.
Confound me, for I am confounded.
Only when I stop seeing myself
and the grand tapestry of my own plans,
will I see you as you are
and myself as you would have me.
Amen.
Missions Paul 