Have Thine Own Way, Lord

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

Text written by Adelaide Pollard (1862-1934)

Sung to ADELAIDE, composed in 1907 by George C. Stebbins (1846-1945)

Isaiah 64:8 Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.

V. 1 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.

Psalm 139:23 Search me, God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."

V. 2 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.

Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.

Luke 22:51 But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

V. 3 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!

Ephesians 3:17 ...so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,....

V. 4 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!