This is a truly beautiful hymn of consecration before the Lord. A consecration is a voluntary offering of oneself before the Lord. It is not a promise or a vow to do better; rather it is a giving up one's futile attempts to do something for God and rather let God be the moving in us, growing in us, and using us for His Will. Just as the writer here asks to be molded, to be searched, to be filled with the Spirit of God, may we echo such a prayer - that God in us be the true master of our entire being so that we may be useful for His Will and for His glory, not our will nor our glory.

Just a note about this tune. This tune is what some may consider an "older tune" and prefer some newer tunes offered. However, though these newer tunes are valid and beautiful, there is a beauty in the original tune. One tip to musicians responsible for playing this hymn is to remember to keep this hymn in 9/4, not 6/8 or 3/4. There is the temptation to stress every 3rd beat similarly, but time signature is a critical part of the understanding the feeling in this hymn. A recommendation is to take special note of the first 3 notes of each phrase, with the following longer held notes. This will help those singing place the proper emphasis and stresses the music intends.

At 40, Adelaide Pollard was trying unsuccessfully to raise support to go to Africa as a missionary. She wondered why the Lord could so burden her with the needs of Africa, but not make it possible for her to go. During this time of discouragement, she attended a small prayer meeting where an elderly woman prayed, "Lord, it doesn't matter what You bring into our lives, just have Your way with us."

That night Pollard went home and read the story of Jeremiah's visit to the potter's house, and later that evening she wrote this hymn. She said that she had always felt the Lord was molding her and preparing her for His service. Then all of a sudden, He seemed to have deserted her.

"Perhaps," she reasoned, "my questioning of God's will shows a flaw in my life. So God decided to break me, as the potter broke the defective vessel, and then to mold my life again in His own pattern." - Great Songs of Faith by Brown & Norton

Beautiful song.

Loved this sing since childhood in Church..it came to me as I readied myself for prayer this morning. Yes Lord is all I could say..

I pray that His Will will be done in my life, since His Ways are higher than our ways, and His thoughts are much better, much more full of understanding, than ours! (Isa .55:9) When we obediently obey to His Way, we'll find that truly "... all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to HIS purpose!" (Rom. 8:28) Praise be to Jesus!

"Thine own way" is a revelation of God! He has a way, and I have a way. Do I invite Him into my way, or let His way have preeminence in all things? Jesus before He went to the cross prayed with an exceeding sorrowful soul, "not as I will, but as You will". "Our Father...thy will be done..." in me as it is in Your heart!

Wow, awesome hymn, reminding us the power in total surrender to GOD.

This song brings me closer to Jesus and gives me joy and peace.

Lord, don't let us win but gain our surrender to You. Gain our entire being until we hold nothing back. Continue saving us all our days.

It's a song of peaceful surrender. Times of surrender are times of breakthroughs for Christians. They are milestones of victories.