This was originally posted back in July of 2010. As I re-read it yesterday, I realized that it is still a message that I needed to read again...and I thought perhaps you might appreciate it as well.
Sing along with this old familiar hymn "Have Thine Own Way", as sung by Jim Reeves
I still love the old hymns...there is so much meaning in these words.
Jeremiah 18:6...."Can I not do with you as this potter?" says the Lord, "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand..."
Those of us who are familiar with the old hymns will remember one of my favorites..."Have Thine Own Way, Lord, Have Thine own way! Thou art the Potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me after Thy will, while I am waiting yielded and still." If I could have a nickel for every time I've sung that song over the past __ years, I might be able to retire... I can remember singing it as a child, and not fully comprehending what I was singing, but I liked to play with clay, so it made me think about shaping things and playing with them. Then again as a teen-ager we used to sing this in our youth group as a song of commitment...and I began to have an inkling of what it meant to be "yielded and still", waiting for God to show me what I was supposed to do with my life.
As I became an adult, I found myself still singing this song, as I asked the Master to "search me and try me..and to wash me whiter than snow...as I humbly knelt in His presence...and I kept asking Him to "mold me and make me" after His will. I knew that I was not yet complete...I was still in need of more reshaping...of my mind, my heart, and my spirit. It's still an ongoing activity...still incomplete...
Now in my later years I sing, "Have Thine own way, Lord, have Thine own way...Wounded and weary, help me I pray! Power - all -power-surely is Thine! Touch me and heal me, Savior Divine!...and as I yield myself to Him and wait on His leading, He heals and restores my weary and wounded mind, heart, and spirit.
My prayer now as I approach these "golden years" is that God will still have His own way in my life...that He will "hold o'er my being absolute sway!" I pray that He will fill me with His Spirit..."till ALL shall see -- Christ only, always, living in me!"
You know, if we could make this little song our prayer every day...and truly mean what we say... what a difference it could make in how we approach life...and how we respond to the approach of others who may come into our lives... WOW! "Have Thine Own Way, Lord!" (Adelaide A. Pollard, 1862-1934)
Hi Pamela! Isn't that the key though, to pray anything and really mean it. Words are easy to say or sing, but putting all my heart and soul into the faith and trust...that's not so easy.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that our prayers have a timelessness that transcends time. A prayer to do His will is as fresh and meaningful at 20 as it is at 80. Being willing to be on the potter's wheel is the same too. God truly is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Blessings,
Ceil
So thankful for that eternal "sameness" of God. We can always rely on Him to do what is right, no matter what. Thank you for seeing this and commenting. You are always a welcome sight here! Blessings!
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