Have Thine Own Way, Lord

In a prayer meeting, there was a prayer offered by an elderly woman. Instead of asking blessings from God, she gave her life as a living sacrifice. She prayed, “It doesn’t really matter what you do with us, Lord, just have your own way with our lives.”

This prayer was heard by Adelaide Pollard who also attended that prayer meeting, and that evening she composed several stanzas which eventually known as the hymn “Have Thine Own Way, Lord”

Have Thine own way, Lord, Have Thine own way;
Thou art the Potter, I am the clay.
Mould me and make me after Thy will,
While I am waiting, yielded and still.

Today, from this story, we are reminded to learn to be humble under the feet of our Creator. For “we are the clay, and thou our potter” and only “Thou art our Father” (Isaiah 64:8). Only God who understands us, only God who knows what is best for us.

Jesus Himself, in the garden of Gethsemane, also prayed the same prayer. He pleaded, “O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, Thy will be done.” (Matthew 26:42).

Let us now contemplate our lives, have we surrendered whole-heartedly to Him? In all our plans in lives, in work, in school, in family, and even in our ministry, have we made God first? Or do we, in our prayers, fight for our own will, instead of surrendering all to Him?

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

Psalm 139:23-24

Happy Sabbath and God bless you all.