Have Thine Own Way...the Wayfarer 5/7/16

Have Thine Own Way
 5/7/16

Psalm 98 King James Version (KJV)

1 O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

² The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

³ He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴ Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

⁵ Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

⁶ With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.

⁷ Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

⁸ Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

⁹ Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Today’s title comes from a hymn that is one of my favorites on many levels, the first of which is that it is also a fervent prayer, as were the psalms.

Praise should be continually given for the blessings bestowed on each of us daily, remembrance given continually as to Whom the final authority has been given, and in Whom it resides eternally.  Acknowledgement of place, both His and our own, must also be given daily, as must effort be made to be humble before Him as that place assigned us is recognized while we continue the assigned journey to take that place intended for us in His presence.

This old hymn is not only a request that God have His way with us, but reflects the fact that His will will be accomplished, the outcome of all life having been established by Him, from the beginning, and that it should be our desire and concern that we assist instead of resist what is foreordained  if we are to assume that place assigned, making the choice to accept and share the acceptance of the grace given us through Christ Jesus.

“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.

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 e, 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 through me.”

Once having accepted the grace given us through salvation by Christ Jesus, the prayer from each and every person having given that acceptance will and must strive daily to share the joy of that salvation by emulating in every way possible the love that was given us through that grace.

The inner struggle with our nature does not cease, and may never be overcome without the assistance given us only through Christ, delivered us by the Holy Spirit that will indwell us when allowed to do so, requiring that control be relinquished to Him as we endure while all about us attempts to wrest that control from us and give it back to that old enemy that would deny the power existing within us to others.

Prayer and supplication for that assistance is acknowledgement of that power, strengthens it within, and brings it to the fore making it apparent to all through the exercise of that power in our lives, making apparent, also to all, the power held only by Christ to overcome for them as well.

The joyful noise that resides within us is shown both through our praise that is given for that power, and through the humility that must also be apparent if the source of that joy is to be found by others.

Remind one and all that there is a reward to be had that may only be had when that place is acknowledged, repentance is given and redemption accepted, that there are two halves to the gospel, warning and promise, and that both are delivered by the same Savior… That God is God, man is not…That choice of place is our own, and final…is made while within the temporal and temporary, but once made is eternal.

Sing the new song of that new covenant established through Christ, vocally and forcefully as that song is written through your life, reminding all of both the promise and the warning as well when He returns to complete both as the 9^th verse of the opening scripture assures us.

2 Timothy 1:12 King James Version (KJV)

¹² For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

 Amen and Amen

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