His Way With Thee
BIBLE REFERENCE:

But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 2 Thessalonians 3:3

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the
last time.
1 Peter 1:5

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and
body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth
you, who also will do it.
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Jude 1:24-25
Cyrus Silvester Nusbaum - Lyrics & Composer
1861-1937
Born: July 27, 1861, Middlebury, Indiana.
Died: December 27, 1937, Wichita, Kansas.
Buried: Kingman, Kansas.
HYMN HISTORY:

Cyrus Silvester Nusbaum began his ministry in the southwest at the a Methodist Church in 1886. He went on to become one of the most outstanding evangelists of his time. However, this hymn was born during a time of deep discouragement, following Mr. Nusbaum’s first year of ministry. He gives the following account:
I had spent my first year in pastoral work. Having been appointed to serve as a pastor in one of the poorest circuits in our district, I had struggled hard during the year to take care of the seven preaching places and congregations. It had been a most difficult task, strenuous and discouraging, and the income pitifully small. At the end of the conference year, my wife and I gathered our few necessary belongings, and, with the assistance of one of our members, we arrived at the railroad station in order to take the train to the place where the conference was to meet that year.

Naturally, we had prayed and hoped that, at the conference, I might be appointed to a better charge, but when the Bishop read the appointments the last night of the conference, I was named as pastor of the same old circuit. I was with heavy hearts that we repaired to our lodging place that night. Mrs. Nusbaum sensibly retired early, but I remained in the little parlor with no one to disturb me.

I was very unhappy and a spirit of rebellion seemed to possess me. About midnight, I finally knelt in prayer beside my chair. After some struggle, a deep peace came stealing into my heart. I told the Lord that I would be willing to let Him have His way with me regardless of the cost. With that feeling, of surrender to the will of God, came the inspiration for the new song, now so well-known throughout Christendom.
“His Way With Thee” first appeared in Gospel Praises, compiled by Kirkpatrick, Hall and Gilmour, 1899. Although Mr. Nusbaum wrote the words and music for a number of other hymns, this one is the most popular and the only one most commonly used today.
101 More Hymn Stories by Kenneth W. Osbeck
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.   Romans 6:13

The hymn " His way with thee " main theme is yielding. Everyone is the servant of the master to whose commands he yields himself. In John Chapter 8 Jesus was speaking in the temple and He said to those who believed on Him,

If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 8:31-32

They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? John 8:33

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. John 8:34

Jesus was telling them if you continue to sin habitually you become a servant of sin. The apostle Paul wrote in Romans Chapter 8 that to whom we yield ourselves to that we will obey

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Romans 6:16

Jesus told the crowd that they did not understand His teachings because God was not their Father but in fact the Devil was, "Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it." John 8:43-44

The question we must ask ourselves; What do I yield myself to, sinful dispositions of my heart, in actions which will lead to death, or to new and spiritual obedience implanted by regeneration?

In this day and age recycling is a part of everyday life. So just as junk cars are melted down and recast into new and shiny vehicles, so to the believer has to become a new creature in Christ Jesus.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17

By accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and repenting of your sins you can be made free of sin and become a servant unto God.

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Romans 6:22

We are all servants to the master we serve.

...But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. Joshua 24:15
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