Track 4 on That I May Know Him
The Yielded WayAndrew Murray
Built on Philippians 3:10, Philippians 3:3, and Philippians 3:7–8
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The study behind the song
Built on Philippians 3:10, Philippians 3:3, and Philippians 3:7–8.
This song belongs to a collection gathering the thoughts of spiritual greats on Philippians 3, and here Doulos of Jesus lets Andrew Murray, the quiet teacher of abiding in Christ, take the lead. Paul writes from prison, having counted every credential he once trusted as loss so that he might know Christ. Murray fixes on the clause many readers rush past in verse 10: "being conformed to His death."
The verses walk through Murray's point. Grace, like water, runs to the lowest place. The power of the resurrection does not bypass the cross. It "flows backward from the grave to the tree." Verse 3 sets the line between those who worship by the Spirit and boast in Christ Jesus and those who put confidence in the flesh. Murray's own words call the listener to let Christ's humility and sacrifice of worldly honor take full possession of them.
The closing lines drive the teaching home simply: abide in Him, bow low at His feet. The way up is down, and yielding is where freedom begins.
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Lyrics
The water flows the lowest, to the deepest, humblest valley
And the grace of God behaves like that, it doesn't keep a tally
Andrew Murray walks the path of the abiding, quiet saint
Pointing to the final clause where the proud heart starts to faint
Philippians 3:10, "being conformed to His death"
You want the resurrection power? Breathe in His dying breath
"Let the disposition of Christ on the cross,"
"His humility, His sacrifice of all worldly honor,"
"Take full possession of you, count your status as a loss,"
"And you will know the power of His resurrection!"
HCSB verse 3, "For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God,"
"Proud in Christ Jesus and putting no confidence in the flesh"
Murray says the power flows backward from the grave to the tree
When you yield your rights to Jesus, that is when you are set free
The power of His death will work deep inside your soul
Becoming like Him in His death is what makes the broken whole
Abide in Him.
Bow low at His feet.
The way up is down.
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