Have Thine Own Way, Lord

Many of us are deeply distressed when something we want to do for our Lord fails. We all want to do so many things for God, but we dont know how we will accompolish them. As some of us may be dissapointed/discouraged with our efforts for serving the Lord, Let the spirit of the living Lord Jesus Christ touch us and give us the encouragement to do mighty things for God!

This wonderful hymn is one of the most sung hymns in the world today. While we sing this hymn with dedication, God's presence fills us and calms our mind. A brief outline of the origin of this song is given below. I am providing the link to the music of the song at the end of this post. The words are also available. It is my prayer that as you sing this song from the bottom of the heart, God is going to touch you and change your lives.

"Have Thine Own Way, Lord" is a Christian hymn with lyrics by Adelaide A. Pollard and music by George C. Stebbins was first published in 1907, in the "Northfield Hymnal with Alexander's Supplement." Later that year, it also appeared in two other popular hymnals, Ira Sankey's "Hallowed Hymns New and Old" and Sankey and Clement's "Best Endeavor Hymns."

In 1902, Adelaide A. Pollard, a Bible teacher and hymn writer was hoping to go to Africa as a missionary, but found herself unable to raise the needed funds to make the journery. Greatly discouraged, she attended a prayer service one evening and as she sat there, she overheard an elderly woman say "It really doesn't matter what you do with us, Lord, just have your own way with our lives." The elderly woman inspired Pollard and she contemplated the story of the potter from Jeremiah 18:3 and upon her return home that evening, wrote all four stanzas before retiring for the night.

Five years later George Stebbins wrote a tune titled "Adelaide" to accompany the text.

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!
Search me and try me, Master, today!
Whiter than snow, Lord, wash me just now,
As in Thy presence humbly I bow.

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.

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.

http://www.hymntime.com/tch/htm/h/t/hthineow.htm