God, invade and conquer us

We might well pray for God to invade and conquer us,
for until He does, we remain in peril from a thousand
foes. We bear within us the seeds of our own
disintegration...The strength of our flesh is an ever
present danger to our souls. Deliverance can come to us
only by the defeat of our old life. Safety and peace come
only after we have been forced to our knees...So He
conquers us and by that benign conquest saves us
for Himself.
- A. W. Tozer