Live Thyself, Lord Jesus, through me

Lord Jesus Lord Jesus
Live Thyself, Lord Jesus, through me,
For my very life art Thou;
Thee I take to all my problems
As the full solution now.
Live Thyself, Lord Jesus, through me,
In all things Thy will be done;
I but a transparent vessel
To make visible the Son.
Amen amen

Gain me Lord Jesus

No longer I who lives but Christ lives in me, Christ lives through me

Christ be wrought in me

Triune God be wrought in me

I now live by the genuine living faith - in Christ and of Christ

Amen amen amen
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Every moment, every member,
Girded, waiting Thy command;
Underneath the yoke to labor
Or be laid aside as planned.
When restricted in pursuing,
No disquiet will beset;
Underneath Thy faithful dealing
Not a murmur or regret.

I. EXPRESSING CHRIST IN HUMAN LIFE

God desires that Christ be expressed through human life. We see this in 3:18—4:1, a sister passage to Ephesians 5:22—6:9 , regarding the believers’ ethical relationships. In Ephesians the emphasis is on the need of spirit-filled ethical relationships for the expression of the Body in the normal church life. In Colossians the emphasis is that we should hold Christ as our Head and take Him as our life by having His rich word dwelling in us, that the highest ethical relationships, issuing not from our natural life but from Christ as our life, may be realized for His expression.

If we live in union with Christ, Christ will be expressed through our humanity. Christ is to be expressed in the human life, not in the angelic life. Angels cannot express Christ. The Father has ordained that we, His chosen ones, be the expression of His Son. “Live Thyself, Lord Jesus, through me, ” should be our prayer (see Hymns #403).

If we would be those through whom Christ can live, we need to pass through the first two and a half chapters of the book of Colossians. Then, coming to 3:15 and 16 , we need to be those in whom the peace of Christ arbitrates and in whom the word of Christ dwells richly. Then Christ will be expressed in our human living.

Life-study of Colossians

Message 30 (LSM)

Frances Ridley Havergal experienced frequent illness throughout her life, including a near-fatal bout of typhoid fever in 1874. She also suffered from peritonitis, which ultimately led to her death at the age of 42. Her health challenges often interrupted her work and ministry, but she viewed these periods of illness as opportunities for spiritual growth and submission to God's will.  Except for a brief period of study in Dusseldorf, Germany, in 1852–53, she lived a sheltered life, residing first with her parents and then with her sisters; she never married.

What is concecration? It is just to Live Christ.

Live thyself Lord Jesus Through

After our surrender, We are willing slaves of Christ. If we have truly died to self, Christ makes His home in our hearts and He becomes our living. We just gotta hand Him the wheel, no matter what it may be, no one can handle it like Christ. He is the only righteous one. We have to get out of His way and allow Him to come in and take over. There is no more"ME", no more"I" There should only be Him, the Christ in You!

Praise the Lord! Our walk is by faith, not by sight.

Live Thyself, Lord Jesus, through me,
For my very life art Thou;
Thee I take to all my problems
As the full solution now.
Hallelujah 😀

I enjoyed this hymn again this morning. “Live your life, Lord Jesus through me. ” This is a very deep love song. It is summed up when the writer says “live your life Lord through me for my very life art thou. ”This is a captured heart. Not that many have the experience of this kind of deep love. Not many are willing to be martyred. I was helped by the comment below by Anna Lara. Christ is the one who has this kind of love. Isn’t He constrained by us? He is deeply committed to us even now as we are betrothed or engaged to Him. We must return this kind of love back to Him. In a marriage, we can experience some of these things like being consecrated and committed to our wife or spouse and being constrained by that relationship as our love grows. This is why we hold marriage such high esteem. It is a picture of our relationship with Christ . And as our love grows we become more like our spouse. This is a picture of us becoming one with Christ. Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. He is our pattern.

I was really appreciating this hymn this morning. I recently saw a video by Michael Jackson about changing the world by looking at the man in the mirror. This is man’s thought that he can improve himself and change the world. We all know that doesn’t work. That is not what God is after. He wants His son to be magnified by us living Him out. We must become transparent so the world can see that Christ in us. We must be consecrated and give ourselves to Him that He may work in us. This is the change we need! The hymn shows how the writer was dealt with for this process to occur. We must stay under His faithful dealing and sometime be put away out of any lime light. That is not easy. This is a deep working in us. This is a life long process. We must redeem the time. I pray Lord that you would live your life through me! I must cooperate with your dealing and take the direction you point to. What a deep aspiration to be transparent and let that inner life shine out. Lord you are my very life.

Every moment, every member,
Girded, waiting Thy command;
Underneath the yoke to labor
Or be laid aside as planned.
When restricted in pursuing,
No disquiet will beset;
Underneath Thy faithful dealing
Not a murmur or regret.