Remove Our Idols and Hindrances, Lord
By Trevin Wax on Aug 2, 2009 in Prayers | 
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Lord Jesus,
take from us now
everything that would hinder the closest communion with God.
Any wish or desire that might hamper us in prayer
remove, we pray you.
Any memory of either sorrow or care
that might hinder the fixing of our affection wholly on our God,
take it away now.
What have we to do with idols anymore?
You have seen and observed us.
You know where the difficulty lies.
Help us against it,
and may we now come boldly,
not in the holy place alone,
but in the holiest of all,
where we should not dare to come
if our great Lord had not torn the veil,
sprinkled the mercy seat with his own blood,
and asked us to enter.
- Charles Spurgeon
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Hmmmmm.
Isn’t this the easy way out?
If God takes away our idols, we are then unable to make a free decision to love him over them, right?
Did God take away the idols from the Israelites? I don’t think so. He even had them sacrifice cattle, sheep & goats — the idols they worshipped in Egypt — as a reminder to turn away from worshipping them.
Don’t we grow in faith and perseverance if we cooperate with his grace and resist our idols and hindrances, and thus see his power at work in us? (a la St Paul and his thorn)
Walt | Aug 7, 2009 | Reply