Madame Guyon: Break Me Lord!

Madame Jeanne Guyon took what she lived and believed seriously, and concerning the work of the cross in her life, was very proactive and cooperative with the Spirit of God within her, concerning being smitten by Him in reference to anything and everything within her that may be in opposition to Him.

She said:

O Holy Spirit, a Spirit of love! let me ever by subjected to thy will; and as a leaf is moved before the wind, so let my soul be influenced and moved by the breath of thy wisdom. And as the impetuous wind breaks down all that resists it, even the towering cedars which stand in opposition; so may the Holy ghost, operating within me, smite and break down everything which opposes Him.

What's also important about this, was even though Guyon had been walking closely with the Lord for years, as far as lining up her soul with the person and will of Christ, she knew there could easily be something within her she missed, thus the prayer that if there was anything she wasn't aware of, that the Holy Spirit would battle against it for the glory of Jesus Christ.

It's one thing to say this, it's another thing to mean it. If Jeanne Guyon's life meant anything on this earth, it was that she definitely embraced the work of the cross in her soul and self.