Matt Papa - Have Thine Own Way, Lord Lyrics

“Have Thine Own Way, Lord” is a prayer of surrender shaped by the image of God as potter and the worshiper as clay. Each verse yields another part of life to divine authority: the will, the conscience, physical weakness, and the whole person. Waiting quietly before the potter suggests patient submission rather than self-directed change, while the request to be searched and cleansed brings confession into the prayer.

The hymn also joins dependence with hope. Weariness and wounds are brought to the Savior whose power can heal, and the final verse asks for the Spirit to fill the believer so completely that Christ becomes visible in daily life. Its repeated opening keeps every request under the same governing desire—that the Lord’s way, not personal preference, would prevail. The result is a concise expression of humility, renewal, and consecration, moving from being molded by God to displaying the life of Christ.