responsibility

Okay, I couldn’t not write about this week's prayer, specifically the first part:

Lord, make me have perpetual love and reverence for your holy Name

While I respect the desire expressed in this prayer, I confess that I’m troubled by make me each time I read it. We recently sang a song at church that expressed a similar sentiment: “Please wipe away the part of me that gets in the way.” I had a hard time singing these words, though I totally understand where the writer is coming from.

Here’s the problem: is it appropriate to ask God to make us do something? It seems to me that if I desire greater love and reverence for God, my prayer should be “Lord, help me to grow into perpetual love and reverence for your Holy Name.”

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