Take my life and let it be
Consecrated Lord to Thee
Take my moments and my days
Let them flow in ceaseless praise
Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated 1874
By: Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879)
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As we begin our journey through this classic hymn, work to sincerely offer each part of your life and your entire life to God. It requires diligence and intentionality. Thanks for joining us in this grand pursuit. Let’s tune our hearts.
Present
To be clear, we are not asking God to leave us alone. The title of this hymn often leaves of the word consecrated, making the statement open to the interpretation that we are asking God to take our lives and “let them be”. Nothing could be further from the truth of God’s intention for us.
Present as a verb means to give someone something. Present as a noun can be the gift you are giving.
When we think of presenting our lives to God, we are engaging in the act of giving Him something. The something we are giving Him is our lives. Our lives are made up of many different components or areas but to say we give God our lives is meant to be an all-encompassing expression of worship as the Scripture below makes clear.
We start with this gran expression of giving our lives to God and over the next six weeks through the six stanzas of this hymn we will list many of those different areas. I am certain the hymn writer intended for it to be a kind of inventory making clear what exactly we are presenting to God. But it also serves as a kind of checklist for us so we may be certain we are not holding anything back.
Don’t hold anything back.
In response to what He has given us, His many mercies, offering our lives to Him is the only appropriate one.
Take my life and let it be
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1 ESV
All of the other expressions of this classic hymn are summed up in this opening line: take my life, all that I am. The other lines give us the chance to list out different parts of our lives but we start by offering it all, and all in response to God’s mercy. Offer your life to Him today.
We offer our lives to God, our living, breathing, moving around and doing. All that we are. Like many simple commitments it is easier said than done, but it is important to say it. As we begin our journey through this classic hymn offer your life to God, to be consecrated to His ways.
RESONATE!
Take a few moments and offer your life to God. It really is the only thing you have to offer, but it is also all that God wants, everything. Make this your simple prayer today “Father, I offer you my life.” Then let us examine all that this entails starting with Who we are offering our lives to in the first place.
Lord
We are not offering our lives to just anybody. We are offering them to the Sovereign Lord over all creation. The King of kings. This is an important thing to remember.
He has a purpose for all things, including you, and that purpose is to bring Him glory. Though that may seem a little egocentric to us, God is the only one worthy of all glory so it really is simply the right thing to do.
In a general sense, that is His will for all. But you are responsible to place your life in His hands even as you work to discern the specific way your life will conform to that purpose.
Acknowledge Him for who He is
That is the beginning point. It sets the context for discovering and embracing His purposes for your life. This will require a change of heart and mind, for the world pulls you in an entirely different direction.
Consecrated Lord to Thee
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 ESV
Consecrated means to set apart. We are saying that we want our lives to be lived to accomplish His will. As we offer our lives as an act of worship our minds are transformed enabling us to discern His will. Commit today to set yourself apart for His glory.
We are not just offering our lives to God, but to His purposes. We want to find His purpose and live it. To be set apart. He is the Sovereign of our lives so we yield control to our Lord to use us according to His design. Not asking His blessing on our plans, but the blessing of living His.
RESONATE!
Take a few moments and invite the Spirit to come transform you mind and reveal to you the will of God. Then ask Jesus to help you set yourself apart for His will to be done in You. Pray a simple prayer like this one. “Jesus, set me apart for You.” Then keep your eyes open for opportunities to be set apart.
Lord, thank You for showing me Your mercies and giving me to opportunity to live my life in response to them by offering it to You. You are my King and I want to live to fulfill Your will. Help me to surrender my life every day. In Jesus’ name. Amen!
Consecrated Tuning!
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Video 56.1 Transcript (30.1 REFRAMED)
Welcome to Tuesday Tunings at Resonant 7, where we reflect on the reality of God and resolve to let it resound in our lives, repeatedly. Let’s tune our hearts.
Take my life and let it be
Consecrated Lord to Thee
Take my moments and my days
Let them flow in ceaseless praise
We offer our lives to God, our living, breathing, moving around and doing. All that we are. Like many simple commitments it is easier said than done, but it is important to say it. As we begin our journey through this classic hymn offer your life to God, to be consecrated to His ways.
Father, I offer you my life.
We are not just offering our lives to God, but to His purposes. We want to find His purpose and live it. To be set apart. He is the Sovereign of our lives so we yield control to our Lord to use us according to His design. Not asking His blessing on our plans, but the blessing of living His.
Jesus, set me apart for You.
A faithful life is made up of millions of moments lived faithfully. Seems obvious, right? Yet without the awareness that all those smaller decisions contribute to a larger whole it is easy to forget their significance. Ask the Spirit to fill you with that awareness and your life with purpose.
Spirit, fill every moment of every day.
Like the drops of water that form a stream, so the moments of praise flow to make a life of unending worship. We must not simply sing songs of praise. Their words must shape the way we live every moment of every day as we pursue worship as a way of life, not just a part of life.
Lord, help me praise You continually.
Take a few moments to talk to Jesus about what has surfaced in your heart, or just listen to what He is saying to you, then we will sing once more.
Sing
Take the awareness of God’s presence cultivated in these last few minutes into the next ones and beyond. Until next time, Be Resonant.
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