Today is the 147th anniversary of the birth of the woman who wrote this hymn. If you would like to read more about her, please check out Robert's blog on Hymn History!
http://practicalbiblicalinsight.blogspot.com/2009/06/hymn-history-my-jesus-i-love-thee.html
The woman who penned those words was an itinerant Bible teacher
who was discouraged because she didn't have the funds to make
a missionary journey to Africa. She found great comfort when she
put all her plans and desires on the altar and freshly surrendered
to God's will for her life. The song that sprung from her anguish
blessed millions, but today it has lost its popularity because we
simply don't relate.
The message of consecration has been lost these days.
It is not enough to know Christian doctrines or to paint a nice
Christian veneer on the surface of our lives. God wants our hearts.
We must embrace the cross daily. It is not enough to simply avoid
the sins that our Christian culture says are the "worst"; just as Abraham offered his son Isaac on the altar at Mount Moriah, those who claim to follow Christ should go to the place of self-sacrifice. Mount Moriah, as another Christian writer, (1890)A. B. Simpson wrote, "signifies the deeper
spiritual experience into which the fully consecrated person must
come. In this act of obedience, the sanctified self is laid on the
altar just as Isaac was."
We must also allow God's knife to slay the pride, the self-will, the self-
confidence and the self-glorification that our backslidden Christian
culture encourages.
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.
Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Hold o'er my being absolute sway!
Fill with Thy Spirit till all shall see
Christ only, always, living in me.
2 comments:
Thanks for posting the link to the hymn "Have Thine Own Way," and for telling a bit about Adelaide Pollard, who wrote the song. (Today is the 147th anniversary of her birth.) If you'd like to learn a bit more about her, you can check out my daily blog on hymn history, Wordwise Hymns. God bless.
Thank you, Robert. Adelaide lived by faith. The hymns that express the message of walking and living by "faith" and the "crucified life" are my favorites. Thank you for the link, dear brother. God bless you!
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